Gunar Ortlepp
Gunar Ortlepp (born April 20, 1929 in Waltershausen ; † February 18, 2011 in Hamburg ) was a German journalist, translator and author.
Life
Ortlepp worked as a culture editor at Spiegel . In this function he was better known to the writer Arno Schmidt . The recordings of the conversations that Ortlepp had with Alice and Arno Schmidt in April and August 1970 (the occasion for these conversations was Zettel's dream ) were published in 2007. According to Uwe Pralle, these recordings show “the profile of one's world in a way that one could not wish for”.
Ortlepp he had a special interest in world travel and undertook various long-distance trips himself. In 1980 he toured Africa, 1985 the South Seas and 1992 Latin America.
He also translated novels by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett .
Fonts
- Departure and arrival , Munich 1956.
- see, understand, love: 3 steps into art , together with Kurt Kranz, Gütersloh 1964.
- Südsee , Reinbek near Hamburg 1986.
- (as translator) Raymond Chandler, Der große Schlaf , Zurich 1974.
- (as translator) Dashiell Hammett, Rote Harvest , Zurich 1976.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunar Ortlepp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in the Spiegel from February 21, 2011
- Gunar Ortlepp, APROPOS: AH !; PRO = POE , Spiegel dated April 20, 1970 (derived from the later published records).
- Uwe Pralle, reader and commentator , Deutschlandfunk, January 7, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ortlepp, Gunar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waltershausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2011 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |