Georg Droste

Georg Droste (born December 13, 1866 in Bremen , † August 17, 1935 in Bremen) was a Low German author from Bremen.

Life

Gravestone in the Osterholz cemetery

Droste's father was a master tailor. Droste grew up in poor conditions in Bremen on the Osterdeich on the Weser . But humor and happiness did not leave him. After school he worked for a bookseller as an errand boy , then he did an apprenticeship in a wool company . In 1886 Droste went blind due to an inflammation of the optic nerve and from then on earned his living as a street vendor. After moving to Hanover , he did an apprenticeship as a basket maker and married in 1893. In the meantime he realized that he was good at telling stories in Low German. In 1908 his first book Achtern Diek was printed. From then on he wrote more stories for the blind using a typewriter .

From 1913 onwards, the Ottjen-Alldag books appeared, which had a lot to do with his own biography . Gradually he also gave lectures and readings. After the First World War , Droste was able to give up basketry and live from writing. His books are still being reprinted and sold today.

Honors

• A tombstone in the Osterholz cemetery commemorates him.
• The Georg-Droste-Strasse in Bremen-Neustadt , Delmenhorst and Lilienthal were named after him.
• The Ottjen Alldag sculpture by Claus Homfeld in the Schnoor old town quarter of Bremen was erected in memory of him in 1964.

Works (selection)

• Aft Diek. Serious and cheerful pictures of the old Osterdeich. 1908
• In the Rodenbusch house. Serious and cheerful pictures from the moor. 1909
• För de Fierstunnen, Döntjes and Vertellsels ut Old Bremen. 1910
• Sunshine and clouds. Serious Vertellsels unpleasant Döntjes. 1912
• Ottjen Alldag un his caper blows. A plattdütsch Kinnerleben on the waterfront. 1913
• Ottjen Alldag un sien Lehrtied. Een Vertellsel ut 'n Bremer Koopmanneben. 1915
• Ottjen Alldag un sien Moorhex. Een Vertellsel ut 'n Kinner- un Leefsleben. 1916
• The opening credits are worth it. Een Neddersassenroman. 1916
• Slusohr un annere serious unhappy Vertellsels un Riemels. 1916
• Doctor Langbeen and anner stories of animals and minschen. 1917
• Jann von'n moor and other stories in town and country. 1918
• Plattdütsche Kinnerkost. A story bok. 1920
• Sunshine and clouds. Eernste Riemels and colorful Vertellsels. 1921
• Ut mien Muskantentied and other funny stories. 1925
• Molli and Paddemann and other stories of animals and minschen. 1925
• Old Bremer mad and smuggled stories and funny vertellsels. 1932
• Ottjen Alldag un his caper blows. Shortened school edition. 1937
• Poisoned! A playful play in an uptog. F. Leuwer, Bremen 1921
• Ottjen Alldag. Novel. Complete edition. Three volumes in one volume. Schünemann, Bremen 1977 (8th A.); 178 + 148 + 170 p .; ISBN 379611511X

literature

• Gustav Dehning : Droste, Georg Ludwig. In: Historical Society Bremen, State Archive Bremen (Ed.): Bremische Biographie 1912–1962. Hauschild, Bremen 1969, p. 120 (column 1) to p. 122 (column 1).
• Gustav Dehning:  Droste, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 129 ( digitized version ).
• Rudolf Eckart : Handbook for the history of the Low German literature. Bremen 1911, pp. 409-411
• Wolfgang Stammler: Georg Droste. On his 50th birthday (December 13th). In: Messages from the Quickborn. 10, 1916/17, pp. 2-5.
• Jochen Schütt: Georg Droste. 12/13/1866 - 8/17/1935. In: Dat en Spoor bliffs. Göttingen 1985, pp. 121-129.
• Droste, Georg. In: Herbert Schwarzwälder : The Great Bremen Lexicon . Edition Temmen, Bremen 2002, ISBN 3-86108-616-6 , p. 175.

Web links

• Literature by and about Georg Droste in the catalog of the German National Library
• Georg Droste in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
• Bremer Platt and the work of Georg Droste. Exhibition in the Neustadt City Library (2001)
• Bremer Platt and the work of Georg Droste
• Wikipedia article "Bremer Platt" (in Low German)