Gerhard Hardel

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Gerhard Hardel (born July 13, 1912 in Bromberg ; † March 3, 1984 ) was a German writer . He also wrote under the pseudonym "Kolma Maier-Puschi".

Life

Gerhard Hardel was the son of a teacher. Before finishing high school , he made extensive hikes across Europe and as far as North Africa . In 1933 he made up his Abitur on the school farm Insel Scharfenberg ; then he studied economics , history and philosophy until 1937 . Hardel initially sympathized politically with the "left" National Socialism of Otto Strasser and then turned to communism. Together with Dietfried Müller-Hegemann , his wife Lilo and others, he belonged to the “National Political Working Group”, a cover organization of communist students, during his studies at Berlin University.

After his studies with the degree of a graduate economist had finished, he was from 1938 as economic adviser operates. From 1941 to 1944 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier in the Wehrmacht . After the end of the war, Hardel worked in various professions, including bookseller and editor . He also began writing his own texts. Since the fifties he lived as a freelance writer in Strausberg near Berlin . He was married to the author Lilo Hardel .

Gerhard Hardel's literary work consists mainly of children's and youth books written from a socialist point of view . In addition to exciting adventure stories, there are biographical novels about Karl Marx 's wife Jenny Marx ("Jenny") and Friedrich Engels ("Marie and her big brother").

Gerhard Hardel had been a member of the GDR Writers' Association since 1953 . In 1966 he received the GDR Ministry of Culture prize for children's and youth literature, in 1968 he received a GDR national prize together with his wife Lilo Hardel, and in 1982 the Bronze Order of the Patriotic Merit .

tomb

He is buried in the artists' department at the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery.

Works

  • We build the most beautiful boats , Berlin 1951
  • A little summer vacation love , Berlin 1952 (filmed in 1955: summer love )
  • The secret of long life , Berlin 1953
  • The bomb burst at 7.30 am , Berlin 1953
  • Viola or in love with a star , Berlin 1955
  • Eight days of happiness , Berlin 1956
  • The girl from Simsdorf , Berlin 1957
  • Jenny , Berlin 1961
  • (Kolma Maier-Puschi :) Saale trip Berlin / GDR 1964
  • Marie and her big brother , Berlin 1964
  • Marianne's diary , Berlin 1965
  • Meeting with Paolo , Berlin 1967
  • The death of the bishop , Berlin 1968
  • The unusual and remarkable life of Hannes Kraus from Biebenhausen , Berlin 1973
  • Hellas. Stories from ancient Greece , Berlin 1975
  • The last knight , Berlin 1979
  • Rome , Berlin 1984

literature

  • Article Hardel, Gerhard von Anna Stüssi (In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Handbuch , founded by Wilhelm Kosch, 3rd edition, edited by Heinz Rupp and Carl Ludwig Lang, 7th volume: Haab - Hogrebe, Francke Verlag Bern and Munich, 1979, column 321)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Grüttner : Students in the Third Reich. Paderborn 1995, p. 452 f.
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 27, 1982, p. 4

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personal data
SURNAME Hardel, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Bromberg
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1984