Günter Braun

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Günter Braun (born May 12, 1928 in Wismar ; † November 10, 2008 in Schwerin ) was a German writer .

Life

Günter Braun was the son of a railway engineer. After graduating from high school , he took part in the final phase of the Second World War as a soldier in 1945 . After the end of the war he carried out various activities, including being a librarian , local reporter and editor . From 1955 he lived as a freelance writer in Magdeburg . He later lived with his wife in Schwerin, where they lived on Körnerstraße until their death in late 2008.

Günter Braun, together with his wife Johanna Braun, wrote an extensive narrative work. While the team of authors initially mainly wrote books for young people , they later switched to prose for adults, in which current problems such as changing gender relations were dealt with. From the mid-seventies, science fiction was the focus of Günter and Johanna Braun's work. Since the two authors often used the genre to convey socially critical content and lacked the line loyalty required in GDR literature, a number of Braun's books could only appear in the Federal Republic in the 1980s .

Awards

Works

  • José Zorillas last bull , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1955 ( The new adventure , issue 78)
  • One says no , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1955 (Das neue Abenteuer, Issue 74)
  • Tsuko and the medicine man , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1956 (The New Adventure, Issue 96)
  • Gentlemen of the Pampas , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1957 (The New Adventure, Issue 124)
  • Prussia, rags and rebels , Berlin 1957
  • Crooks in the bird house , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1958 (The new adventure, issue 143)
  • Prisoners , Berlin 1958
  • Krischan and Luise , Berlin 1958
  • Courier for six thalers , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1958 (The New Adventure, issue 129)
  • Menne Kehraus leaves , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1959
  • The strange adventures of the bread student Ernst Brav , Berlin 1959
  • Eva and the new Adam , Berlin 1961
  • Girls in the triangle , Berlin 1961
  • An unpredictable girl , Berlin 1963
  • The camping trees by M. , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1967
  • An objective angel , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1967
  • The Neanderthal's nose , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1969
  • The error of the great magician , Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1972
  • Bitterfish , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1974
  • Dear copper engraver Merian , Berlin [a. a.] 1974
  • Eerie manifestations on Omega XI , Berlin 1974
  • The failure factor , Berlin 1975
  • Five Pillars of Marital Happiness , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1976
  • Conviva Ludibundus , Berlin 1978
  • Georg Kaiser. A biographical sketch , Magdeburg 1979
  • Small love pot , Berlin 1981
  • The Utofant , Berlin 1981
  • The spherical transcendental project , Frankfurt am Main 1983
  • The unwieldy philosopher , Frankfurt am Main 1983
  • The inaudible tones , Frankfurt am Main 1984
  • The hero multiplied x times , Frankfurt am Main 1985
  • The birth of the panteman , Berlin 1988
  • Time am I, Paskal , Berlin 1989
  • The end of the Pantamann , Berlin 1991
  • Professor Mittelzwerck's creatures , Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Mr. A. Morph , Frankfurt am Main [u. a.] 1998

literature

criticism

  • Franz Rottensteiner : "... Johanna and Günter Braun. They use a very precise, slightly quirky and mannered language. The simplicity of these works is deceptive: The authors succeed in making up clever things with ostensible simplicity and bringing the truth to light The Brauns do not shy away from disrespectful thoughts and uncomfortable questions. Their style is alienated like a fairy tale, the plot is full of wonderful events, and both are reminiscent of Jean Paul and German Romanticism, not least in the naming of their characters the Brauns the previous highlight of the GDR SF. "
  • Karsten Kruschel on the first two Pantamann volumes: "As one would expect after gloomy experiences with the past government, the satires have become sharper, the tones more bilious and the analyzes more unfriendly ... Paskal is one of those naive observers who always look at the world objectively and surprisingly in the Brauns' books. " "It doesn't seem like much is going on, but the Brauns are not interested in 'action'. In this trilogy you have obviously set yourself the task of exposing reality ... In many small and large blows, the Brauns make themselves over the Quirks of this world funny that laughter gets stuck in my throat. Paskal's brain examination reveals oversized fields for convictions and views in a man, which are contrasted with severely restricted fields for perception and critical thinking, the ego center is too big for that. At first, the findings point to a secret service man but then it's a religious zealot - which doesn't make much difference in the way of thinking, as Paskal observes. "

swell

  1. ↑ See Heyne Science Fiction Magazin # 4, ed. by Wolfgang Jeschke, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-30832-8 , p. 229 ff.
  2. ↑ See Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 1991 , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich, ISBN 3-453-04471-1 , pp. 653 f., 655.

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personal data
SURNAME Braun, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wismar
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 2008
Place of death Schwerin