Gerhard Friedrich Basner
Gerhard Friedrich M. Basner (born January 10, 1928 in Rummelsburg i. Pom. , † November 13, 2002 ) was a German writer of Wild West novels .
Life
Born in Pomerania in 1928, his schooling, which he completed in Gdansk , was interrupted by a deployment as a soldier from 1944 to 1945. He then worked independently in the wood industry on Rügen , but was expropriated in 1949 and fled to Detmold . There he initially worked as an employee in a furniture factory. From 1958 he worked as a freelance writer in Detmold. He passed away in 2002.
plant
Basner, whose novels appeared on loan, paperbacks and booklets, had been one of the most productive German western authors since the 1950s.
He used more than a dozen different pseudonyms, the most famous of which were Ded Derrick , GF Waco , Gerald Frederick , GF Barner , Johnny Ringo , Claus Peters , Clint Morgen . A number of his works also appeared under the publishing pseudonym Howard Duff , which he shared with Hans Hugo Grossmann .
Basner worked on the novel series "Silver Wild West", "Roland Wild West", "Rodeo Western", "Westman", "Kelter Western" and "Jericho Western".
Web links
- Gerhard Friedrich Basner in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Literature by and about Gerhard Friedrich Basner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by Howard Duff (publishing pseudonym) in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by GF Barner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by GF Waco in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by Ded Derrick in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Basner, Gerhard Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waco, GF (pseudonym); Barner, GF (pseudonym); Duff, Howard (pen name); Ringo, Johnny (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer of Wild West novels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rummelsburg i. Pom. |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2002 |