Günther Stein (Author)
Günther Stein (born April 8, 1922 in Dessau , † December 19, 1982 in Oranienburg ) was a German author and translator .
Life
Stein became a soldier in 1940 immediately after his school leaving examination. After the war and imprisonment, he worked as an unskilled worker and new teacher , studied Slavic Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin and worked as an editor, before he went freelance as an author and translator and settled in Lehnitz near Berlin. Together with his wife Traute Johanna Stein (born Schidlowsky, 1926–2009) he translated more than 100 books from Russian and Ukrainian into German, including works by Gorky , Pushkin and Lermontow . He was buried in the community cemetery in Lehnitz.
Fonts
- Lecture hall 92. Verlag Das Neue Leben, Berlin 1961
- The bear dagger. German military publisher, 1971
- The ultimatum. Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1975
- I know a Georgia. Experiences in the land of Rusthaweli . Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1981 ( DNB 810969653 )
- I drank fountains from Ukraine. Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1983
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Stein in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stein, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1982 |
| Place of death | Oranienburg |