Günter Karau
Günter Karau (born April 20, 1929 in Berlin ; † April 26, 1986 ibid) was a German writer who became known, especially in the GDR, for a series of books on topics from recent history.
Life
Günter crucian was born in Berlin as the son of a working class family and made his 1947 high school to a high school .
Until 1952 he worked as an investigator in a West Berlin private detective agency and as a police officer. In 1952 he moved to East Berlin , where he initially worked as a local editor and reporter for BZ in the evening . In 1964 he moved to Neue Berliner Illustrierte , where he was deputy editor-in-chief . He wrote political and journalistic articles, short stories, children's books and novels.
Among other things, Karau wrote an agent thriller in which the board game Go plays an essential role: Go or double game in the underground . The book was based on the same story as the film Chiffriert an Chef - Failure No. 5 , in whose script he was involved with his wife Gisela Karau and Helmut Dziuba . Together with Gisela Karau, he also wrote the screenplay for the film The Long Ride to School, based on the children's book of the same name by Gerhard Holtz-Baumert .
Works (selection)
- Democracy in the GDR. About power relations and social forms of life in the socialist German state. State Secretariat for West German Issues, Berlin 1968
- Student love. Novel. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1972
- The jumper with the long ears. Narrative. In: Reimar Dänhardt (Ed.): The fine lady, the strong pawn and the knight with the long ears. Children's book. Children's book publisher Berlin , Berlin 1975
- Grândola. Reports from Portugal. Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle (Saale) 1976
- Go or double play in the underground . Novel. Military publishing house of the GDR , Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-327-00589-3
- The statement / Günter Guillaume . Recorded by Günter Karau. Experience report / biography. Military publishing house of the GDR , Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-327-00670-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (ed.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , pp. 375-376
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karau, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1986 |
| Place of death | Berlin |