Hans Egon Gerlach

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Hans Egon Gerlach (born September 29, 1908 in Dresden ; † after 1973) was a German theater translator , author and journalist .

Act

He was considered the best translator of Henrik Ibsen's works at the time . To date, many of his transmissions are available in Reclam editions.

Gerlach also made translations by other authors from the Scandinavian-speaking area and he also translated works from the American. For example, he was responsible for the first German translation of the novel Exodus (1958) by Leon Uris .

In addition, he dealt with artistic biographical topics. In this context, his large-scale radio play series Goethe tells his life (1949), which was occupied with Mathias Wieman in the title role and, up to the supporting roles, with stars of the time such as Horst Caspar , Will Quadflieg , Albert Bassermann and Maria Wimmer , was at the end of the 1940s a particular success. It resulted in a well-selling book edition, last published in 1982. For Goethe tells his life , Gerlach had prepared Goethe's autobiographical descriptions, writings and numerous other documents and put them together into a continuous dramatic report.

Gerlach published a small number of other books on cultural-historical topics. In the 1950s he also wrote regularly for the cultural columns of the time .

On September 2, 1947, he married Odilia Freiin von Morsey called Picard (* 1922) in Hamburg, with whom he lived in Hamburg. The marriage was divorced on May 5, 1960 in Berlin.

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Radio plays

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  • 1960: Henrik Ibsen : Ein Volksfeind (language of the original: Norwegian) - adaptation and direction: Walter Knaus (radio play adaptation - SDR )
  • 1969: Henrik Ibsen: Peer Gynt (language of the original: Norwegian) - director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (radio play adaptation - BR )
  • 1973: August Strindberg : Miss Julie (language of the original: Swedish) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (radio play adaptation - BR / SFB )

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Friese: Strindberg and the German-speaking countries , Helbing & Lichtenhahn 1979, p. 1985
  2. ↑ Anni Carisson: Classic Editions - viewed critically: Behind the mask of correctness . In: The time . No. 01/1973 ( online ).
  3. ↑ "Goethe tells his life" , geschichte-im-roman.de
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Hans Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater translator, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century