Georg Grabenhorst

Georg Grabenhorst, around 1938

Georg Grabenhorst (born February 21, 1899 in Neustadt am Rübenberge , † June 9, 1997 in Bad Bevensen ) was a German writer.

Life

Georg Grabenhorst was the son of a master chimney sweep . He took part in the First World War as a flag boy . From 1918 he studied history, art history, modern literature and philosophy at the universities in Marburg and Kiel . In 1922 he earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Kiel with a dissertation on the work of the author Gustav Frenssen . From 1924 Grabenhorst lived as a freelance writer. From 1930 to 1945 he worked as a consultant for culture and land maintenance in the administration of the province of Hanover . After the National Socialist seizure of power he was regional director of the Hanover Chamber of Literature. After 1945 he worked as a government director in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education .

Georg Grabenhorst's literary work includes novels, short stories and poems. In addition, from 1922 to 1942 he worked for the " Hannoversche Kurier " and from 1949 to 1956 editor of the magazine " Niedersachsen ". - In his 1928 debut novel "Fahnenjunker Volkenborn", Grabenhorst describes his experiences in the First World War. The book, of which an English translation was published as early as 1929, was on the 1947 " List of literature to be sorted out " in the Soviet occupation zone .

Awards

• 1965 Great Cross of Merit of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit

Works

Dog roses , Neustadt a. Rbge 1919 The history of the development of the characters and circles of ideas in Frenssen's novels , Kiel 1922 Fahnenjunker Volkenborn , Leipzig 1928 The stars change , Leipzig 1929 Merve , Breslau 1932 The Schaumburg-Lippe area , Flensburg 1. Foundations and connections , 1932 The distant call , Oldenburg 1933 The music box , Hamburg 1934 Regiment Day , Munich 1937 Incomprehensible Heart , Munich 1937 Late homecoming , Munich 1938 The trip to Lucerne , Munich 1939 Lower Saxony homeland , Hanover 1940 Hanover , Hanover 1941 The first kiss and other stories , Copenhagen 1944

Stop at Greifenstein , Hamelin 1949 From my little world , Rinteln 1951 A summer is coming to an end , Augsburg 1952 Leaves in the Wind , Hanover 1953 From the inner homeland , Hanover 1956 The girl from Meaux , Göttingen 1961 On old tracks , Göttingen 1964 Ernst Thoms , Göttingen [a. a.] 1965 Hermann Schüstenstuhl , Göttingen [a. a.] 1965 Farewell and Hope , Göttingen 1966 Youth Adventure , Hildesheim 1969 Hall and Widerhall , Hildesheim 1974 Hostel of Dreams , Hildesheim 1977 Paths and detours , Hildesheim, 2 vol., 1979 The brothers , Hanover 1980 Tracks in the sand , Lamspringe 1983

Editing

• Low German Almanac , Oldenburg [u. a.] 1937 (edited together with Moritz Jahn )

Tomb

The grave of Georg Grabenhorst can be found in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover, department 39C , grave number 29-30 .

literature

• Moritz Jahn (Ed.): Georg Grabenhorst , Göttingen 1959

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karin van Schwartzenberg (responsible): Graves of honor and graves of important personalities at the Engesohde town cemetery , A3 leaflet with overview sketch, ed. from the City of Hanover, The Lord Mayor, Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, Department of Urban Cemeteries, Department of Administration and Customer Service, Hanover, 2012