Gottfried Herold

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Gottfried Herold (born May 8, 1929 in Weißbach bei Pulsnitz , Oberlausitz ) is a German writer and poet . He was best known as a children's book author .

Life

Herold was born in 1929 as the son of a master orthopedic shoe maker and a seamstress in Upper Lusatia. He worked as a technical draftsman until 1955 before turning to a career as a writer and journalist .

In 1955, a historical-biographical story about Justus von Liebig was published with Hope boils in the test tubes . In the following year, with the discovery of new light, a historical-biographical story about Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen followed . In the same year, the Donkey Boy of Panayia, a first lyrical story appeared. In 1961 the children's book The Famous Great Grandfather was published, which was later reprinted repeatedly. Numerous other children's books were published by the mid-1970s.

From 1956 he was an editorial member of the Sächsische Zeitung in Dresden . He was chairman of the German Writers' Association in the Dresden district . In 1961 he was awarded the Erich Weinert Medal ; In 1969 he received the Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden and was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. From 1970 to 1971 he studied at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig .

Herold is married to the writer Annemarie Herold (née Hunger , * 1924), who also published several books with her husband under the pseudonym Heide Wendland .

Works

  • Hope boils in the test tubes , Berlin 1955
  • Discovery of new light , Berlin 1956
  • The donkey boy from Panayia , Berlin 1959
  • The thunderstorm makers , Berlin 1960
  • The famous great-grandfather , Berlin 1961
  • The glass riddle , Berlin 1964
  • The red-haired contradiction , Berlin 1964
  • Selection 67 , Dresden 1967
  • Juliane and the holiday bear , Weimar 1967
  • Discoveries of a naive , Berlin 1969
  • Glückspilz , Berlin 1970 (together with Heide Wendland)
  • Die Zauberbude , Berlin 1970 (together with Gerhard Lahr )
  • The giraffe Emma Langbein , Berlin 1971 (together with Gerhard Lahr )
  • The sky-blue summer bench , Berlin 1973
  • Men with big ears , Berlin 1974
  • The New Year's Eve dog , Berlin 1975 (together with Konrad Golz)
  • Follow me unobtrusively or argue about Struwwelpeter , Berlin 1976
  • The cat with the green dots , Berlin 1976
  • Schlappko , Niederwiesa 1976 (together with Brigitte Schleusing)
  • The little hodgepodge , Niederwiesa 1977 (together with Erich Gürtzig )
  • The jam hangover , Niederwiesa 1977 (together with Aini Teufel )
  • The excellent grandma , Berlin 1978
  • The Hunkus shrine at Raklohami , Berlin 1978
  • Come with me, get in! , Berlin 1978 (together with Ute Hipfel)
  • I collect fun in my hat , Berlin 1979
  • Landing on the soccer field or what do you want to be? , Berlin 1979
  • The honey plum tree , Niederwiesa 1980 (together with Gertrud Zucker )
  • My enigmatic animals , Berlin 1980 (together with Albrecht von Bodecker )
  • Hello, Mr. Böttger , Meißen 1982
  • Die Maus Susanne , Berlin 1982 (together with Gerhard Rappus)
  • Die Eisenbude or The Engagement of Figaro , Rudolstadt 1985
  • A wonderful colorful butterfly , Berlin 1985 (together with Hajo Blank)
  • The frog that clinked to the moon , Berlin 1987 (together with Gerhard Rappus)
  • My Emil is called Dachshund , Berlin 1987
  • Die Riesenmaus , Halle 1987 (together with Barbara Henniger )
  • The Schrippenfee , Berlin 1988
  • The hedgehog and the fat cow , Berlin 1989 (together with Klaus Vonderwerth)
  • A cursed beautiful nest , Berlin 1989 (together with Heide Wendland)
  • The birthday cake , Berlin 1991 (together with Thomas Müller)
  • The Thursday Lion , Berlin [u. a.] 1994 (together with Rainer Schubert)
  • Grandma Zippels Zoo , Leipzig 1994 (together with Konrad Golz)
  • Die Glücksmaus , Leipzig 1995 (together with Konrad Golz)
  • To Zensi and others , Berlin 1999
  • Come on, let's go in the rain , Berlin 2000
  • The automatic camel , Weinheim [u. a.] 2003
  • Capers , Jacobsdorf 2005
  • Getting used to the silence , Dresden 2006
  • Painter Hoppelmann , Leipzig 2006 (together with Gerhard Lahr )
  • Fusselblusch , Dresden 2007 (together with Konrad Golz)
  • Gageline Hustensaft , Dresden 2007 (together with Jutta Mirtschin )
  • The house for fun , Dresden 2007 (together with Gertrud Zucker)
  • My dear child , Dresden 2007 (together with Gitta Kettner)
  • Das Schnäppchen , Dresden 2007 (together with Christian Ruff)
  • The snowman in the four-poster bed , Dresden 2007 (together with Karl-Heinz Appelmann)

Editing

  • Our Honorary President , Dresden 1964
  • A young tomcat wants mice , Berlin 1983
  • The Mouse from Königstein , Berlin 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Biographical-bibliographical manual . Volume 17: Henze - Hiesel. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 1999, col. 220-223
  2. ^ Kurt Böttcher (Ed.): Lexicon of German-speaking writers. From the beginning to the present. Volume 1: A - K. 3rd edition, Leipzig 1974, p. 359
  3. ↑ Annemarie Herold at uibk.ac.at, accessed on April 5, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Herald, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißbach near Pulsnitz , Upper Lusatia , Germany