Hans-Jürgen Steinmann
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Hans-Jürgen Steinmann (born September 4, 1929 in Sagan , Lower Silesia , † September 22, 2008 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German writer .
Life
Hans-Jürgen Steinmann was the son of a graduate engineer ; his mother was temporarily active as a writer. He attended high school in Breslau . In the final phase of the Second World War he was used as an anti-aircraft helper ; In 1945 he took part in the fighting for Wroclaw, which was declared a fortress . In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in December 1947 to Halle / Saale in the Soviet occupation zone . From 1948 to 1950 Steinmann was a chemical worker in the Leuna works; In 1949 he joined the SED . He then did a traineeship in the editorial office of the Halle daily newspaper Freiheit . In 1951 he went to Schwerin , where he worked for the Kulturbund until 1958 . From 1958 to 1961 he studied at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig . From 1961 he lived as a freelance writer in Halle (Saale) .
Hans-Jürgen Steinmann is the author of narrative prose and reports . In his greatest success, the novel The Greater Love , he processed his experiences as a worker in a plant in the chemical industry ; The novel Dreams and Days also takes place in this milieu, while Two Steps Before Happiness describes the problems of the GDR drawing board city of Halle-Neustadt .
Hans-Jürgen Steinmann had been a member of the GDR Writers' Association since 1957 ; then he was a member of the Association of German Writers and the Association of Writers in Saxony-Anhalt . He received u. a. The following awards: 1960 the FDGB Literature Prize , 1969 and 1971 the Halle-Neustadt Art Prize , the Gold Johannes R. Becher Medal in 1975, the Bronze Patriotic Order of Merit in 1978 and the Halle District Handel Prize in 1979 .
Works
- Bridge to life. Berlin 1953.
- The stranger. , Halle (Saale) 1959.
- The greater love. Berlin 1959.
- Voices of the years. Berlin 1963.
- Across the border. Berlin 1963
- From all our comrades… Halle 1967 (together with Roswitha Berndt and Ewald Buchsbaum).
- Analysis by H. Berlin 1968.
- Dreams and days. Halle (Saale) 1970.
- Two steps from happiness. , Halle [u. a.] 1978.
- Halle, Halle-Neustadt. Leipzig 1979 (together with Gerald Große).
- Merseburg. Leipzig 1980 (together with Gerald Große).
- Eisleben. Leipzig 1983 (together with Eberhard Klöppel).
- Quedlinburg. Leipzig 1988 (together with Karl-Heinz Böhle).
- Experienced - experienced - unprinted. Hall 1998.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 28, 1978, p. 6
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Jürgen Steinmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.foerderkreis-halle.de/steinmnn.htm
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SURNAME | Steinmann, Hans-Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sagan , Lower Silesia |
DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 2008 |
Place of death | Halle (Saale) |