Gert Prokop

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Gert Prokop (born June 11, 1932 in Richtenberg , Western Pomerania , † March 1, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German writer . He is particularly known for his books for children and young people ; he also wrote radio plays , science fiction and detective novels .

Life

Gert Prokop grew up in his hometown. In 1950 he moved to Berlin. Prokop first studied at the Weißensee art college for two semesters before becoming a journalist at Neue Berliner Illustrierte . From 1967 to 1970 he worked as a film documentary artist in various films by the Heynowski & Scheumann studio (named after Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann ).

From 1971 Prokop worked as a writer. On March 1, 1994, he committed suicide in the face of an incurable disease and the threat of years of infirmity.

Works

Gert Prokop's youth detective novel Detective Pinky , which tells the story of the orphan boy Pinky (based on the Pinkerton detective agency ), was a classic in GDR youth literature. The book was filmed in 2001 as Pinky and the million pug by Stefan Lukschy .

In 1971, on the occasion of a competition for utopian narratives, Prokop wrote a story called The Death of the Immortals (published in 1975 in Der Mann vom Anti ) about a dwarf private detective, whom he then had further adventures. These science fiction stories (collected in Who Steals Lower Legs? And The Sperm Bank Robbery ) are a form of social criticism . The adventures of Timothy Truckle, detective for the all-powerful corporate bosses in the totalitarian US of the future and at the same time agent for the underground movement, paint a dystopia with the surveillance of the individual by state institutions and an almost unlimited power of the corporations.

Awards and honors

Books

  • The Death of the Reporter , Verlag Das Neue Berlin , 1973 - Crime
  • The dragon with the violet-blue eyes , Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin , 1974 - Children's book
  • Bedtime stories for dreamy children , Verlag Benziger, Zurich, 1975 - children's book
  • The corpse must be one , 1976, filmed by DEFA in 1978 (Director: Iris Gusner )
  • The little giant and other fairy tales , Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1976 - Children's book
  • Who steals lower legs? , Das Neue Berlin, 1977, 2006 - SF-Kriminalgeschichten (linked to one another via the figure of the dwarf detective Timothy Truckle. Abridged paperback edition The Death of Immortals , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag , Munich 1984 ISBN 3-453-30780-1 )
  • The language of photography , Berlin, New Life, 1978 - photo reader
  • The mouse in the window , Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1980 - Children's book
  • The death of the immortals , Verlag Heyne; 1981 - SF crime stories ( Who steals lower legs in a shortened version and given a new title)
  • Detective Pinky , Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1982 - Book for young people
  • The sperm bank robbery , Das Neue Berlin, 1983, ISBN 3-360-01230-5 , 2003 - SF crime stories (continuation of Who steals lower legs? )
  • The surefire thing , Das Neue Berlin, 1986, ISBN 3-360-00066-8 - SF crime thriller
  • Die Phrrks , Das Neue Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-360-00743-3 - Fantastic stories
  • Der Hausflug , Der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, 1989, ISBN 3-358-01209-3 - youth book
  • Zero minus infinite , Das Neue Berlin, 1990, ISBN 3-360-00768-9 - Fantastic stories
  • So blond, so beautiful, so dead , Das Neue Berlin, 1994 - crime thriller

Radio plays

  • 1976 The dragon with the violet-blue eyes , radio of the GDR
  • 1976 The cloud that didn't want to rain , Litera vinyl record
  • 1977 The Nightingale King , litera record
  • 1978 Little Red Riding Hood , literary record
  • 1980 The little giant , Berliner Rundfunk
  • 1980 The most beautiful girl , Berliner Rundfunk
  • 1986 The bird who forgot his song , Berliner Rundfunk

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Prokop, Gert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Richtenberg
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1994
Place of death Berlin