Gisela Steineckert

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Gisela Steineckert during the XII. DFD Federal Congress 1987 in the Palace of the Republic

Gisela Steineckert (born May 13, 1931 in Berlin ) is a German writer and poet .

Live and act

Gisela Steineckert was born the second of four children of a maid and a tailor in Berlin and grew up there in poor conditions. During the Second World War she was evacuated to Austria and attended an elementary school there . In 1946 she returned to Berlin and worked as a social worker in kindergartens. Later she did a commercial apprenticeship and worked as an office assistant.

Since 1957 she worked as a freelancer in the GDR with short interruptions. From 1962 to 1963 she was the cultural editor of the satire magazine Eulenspiegel . From 1965 she was a member of the Berlin district committee of the GDR Writers' Association and began working in the singing movement (until 1973). In 1979 she became a member of the committee for entertainment arts in the GDR, of which she was president from 1984 to 1990. As a board member of the Central Lektorat at the State Committee for Broadcasting of the GDR, she had censorship influence on pop and rock texts and presented herself among other things. against the title of the Pankow group . In 1987 the song When I went away was published by the band Karussell , the lyrics of which are from her. Since 1990 she has been honorary chairwoman of the Democratic Women's Association

Gisela Steineckert lives in Berlin. Until 2016 she was married to Wilhelm Penndorf, a former radio editor-in-chief for music, in her third marriage. The writer Kirsten Steineckert is her daughter from her first marriage. Her second marriage was to Heinz Kahlau .

In addition to books (poetry, short prose, letters) she wrote many song texts (hits, chansons, children's songs, rock music) for various interpreters and worked on DEFA films .

Gisela Steineckert also takes a public position on cultural and general political issues. She is an active supporter and contributor to the left-wing daily newspaper Junge Welt , at whose “artist conference” in June 2019 she participated with Volker Lösch , Konstantin Wecker , Chris Jarrett , Black Heino and others, and is one of the permanent authors of the left-wing magazine RotFuchs .

Fonts

  • Old enough to stay young The New Berlin, Berlin 2006.
  • Step out of line. Oh mom. Oh daughter. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1992.
  • Breviary for lovers. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
  • Letters 1961–1983. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1984.
  • The beauty of women. The New Berlin, Berlin 1999.
  • The nice thing about men. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-360-01232-1 .
  • The beauty of love. The New Berlin, Berlin 2000
  • The man with the golden nose. (together with Arndt Bause) Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-360-00949-5 .
  • The worst moments of my life. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1996.
  • One fine day. Memories, (autobiography). New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2016
  • Just affection. 22 examples in prose. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1986.
  • He said. Marriage dialogues. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1993.
  • Exploration for two. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1974.
  • First Monday in October. Poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1986.
  • Poems. Poetry album No. 199, Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1984.
  • Faces in my mirror. Portraits. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1977.
  • I hug you in a hurry. Letters to women. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1992.
  • Slowly remove thoughts, poems and foresight . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2021 ISBN 978-3-355-01899-9 .
  • Let me remind you. Songs. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1987.
  • Dear September. Poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1981.
  • Love poems. (Ed. G. Steineckert), Volk und Welt, Berlin 1962.
  • Song letters. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1984. ISBN 9783362003728
  • More from life. Poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1983. ISBN 9783355007146
  • The kiss of the muse and a horse's foot. Verses, mostly cheerful. (Ed. G. Steineckert), Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1964.
  • Message from the lovers. Poems and photos. (Ed. G. Steineckert), Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1964.
  • Nine day book. The Xth World Festival. (together with Joachim Walther), Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1974.
  • Now live with me Women poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1976, ISBN 9783355002691
  • Presente. Poems. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1988. ISBN 9783355006729
  • And yet we are fine. Letters 1992–1998. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 9783360008664 .
  • . .. and in the middle of it the stupid heart. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-360-01269-0 .
  • Our nice time with the evil Rudi. Verlag Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-06-272780-2 .
  • Veronika Fischer, this longing for warmth. Das Neue Berlin, 2001, ISBN 9783360009562
  • Be in front of the wind. Songs. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1980.
  • Like an orphan. TV narration. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1970.
  • Wild for hope. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1990. ISBN 9783355010566

Filmography

Radio plays

Awards

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michel Rauhut: Shawm and leather jacket , Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1996, p. 259
personal data
SURNAME Steineckert, Gisela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin