Gerhard Schaumann

Gerhard Schaumann (born April 20, 1927 in Lobenstein , Thuringia ) is a German author .

Life

Childhood and youth

He spent his childhood with his parents in Lobenstein and Gera . He went to school there and was about to take his Abitur exams in 1945 , but the year was already needed for the war machinery of the regime at that time. Schaumann came to the Reich Labor Service and the Wehrmacht . Inevitably, the Soviet prisoner of war followed on the Eastern Front , which he was able to end as a returnee in 1945.

Professional career

While in captivity, he probably received the stimulus for the Russian language, because his career path began from being a Russian teacher to teaching Russian and Soviet literature and teacher training via the assistant at the Pedagogical Institute in Leipzig . In 1960 he came to Jena as an assistant at the Friedrich Schiller University . He received his doctorate in 1963 and completed his habilitation in 1972 . In 1973 he was appointed professor in Jena.

In 1946 he became a member of the SED . But he followed Marxism more than the party's guidelines and was more connected to intellectuals like Bertolt Brecht . Like many others, he hoped for a developed GDR and for better, undisturbed times. After the reunification , Gerhard Schaumann became director of the re-established Institute for Slavic Studies until he retired in 1993

Private

Gerhard Schaumann has two sons from his first marriage and has lived in Tautenburg with his second wife since 1990 . He and his spouse are actively involved in cultural life in the village together with the beautification association and the community. They organize lectures, book readings, guided tours and concerts. His book Tautenburg bei Jena - cultural history of a Thuringian summer resort was a highlight in the social life of the place on the occasion of the 775th anniversary celebration.

Awards

On June 8, 2007, Gerhard Schaumann was awarded honorary citizenship of the Tautenburg community for his commitment .

Works (selection)

• Relationships are everything - short stories and features , Ilja Ilf and Jewgeni Petrow (authors), Gerhard Schaumann (editor)
• Poems. Russian - German , Wladimir Mayakowski (author), Gerhard Schaumann (editor), ISBN 3379002445
• The pious lie by Aleksandr I. Kuprin and Gerhard Schaumann (1967)
• Memories of Mayakovsky , Gerhard Schaumann (Editor) (1972)
• Mitteldeutsche Miniatures, Vol. 2, Tautenburg near Jena , Gerhard Schaumann (Author) (1998) ISBN 3931505383

literature

• Ulrich Stedtner: Schaumann, Gerhard curriculum vitae
• Manfred Graf: Chronicle of the community of Tautenburg from 1990-2013 unpublished, pp. 1–241
• Without author: Thuringian Literature Council - Gerhard Schaumann

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Schaumann in the catalog of the German National Library