Hans Erich Seuberlich

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Hans Erich Seuberlich (born September 8, 1920 in Riga ; † December 25, 1984 in Meckenheim ) was a German writer who was particularly popular as a children's book author in the 1950s. In 1956 he became a career officer (most recently: Colonel ) and military writer.

Life

Hans Erich Seuberlich spent his school days in Riga. He took part voluntarily in World War II and was last lieutenant . He lived in Posen, where he worked as a clan researcher and obtained Aryan evidence . After his escape from American captivity, he continued his self-taught education. From 1947 to 1956 he lived as a freelance writer in Vienna, Salzburg and Bad Reichenhall. His first book, the novel "Tomorrow forgotten" was published by Adolf Swoboda & Sons in Vienna in 1948. His first series of books for young people about the boy Robbi and his girlfriend Reni appeared in the same publishing house from 1949 to 1951. Hans Erich Seuberlich became known through his collaboration with the Boje-Verlag. In addition to licensed editions of the Robbi and Reni stories, Boje published three series of girls' books and two individual volumes by Seuberlich. The best known was the ten-volume series about Bettina, the Vespa girl. As “uncle” Seuberlich from Boje-Verlag, he gained a loyal readership. In his books he repeatedly asked his young readers - mostly girls between 10 and 12 years of age - for letters and their opinions on his stories. By 1957 he had written 28 books for young people with a total circulation of 1.4 million.

He then became an active soldier and colonel in the German Armed Forces . He worked on military books and articles, was press officer for the Kyffhäuserbund and vice-president of EUROMIL (European Organization of Military Associations). In 1977 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

After completing his military service, he returned to work as a freelance writer in 1980. With his last series of girls' books about the heroine Tina, a modern version of the Bettina series, he tried to build on earlier successes. Hans Erich Seuberlich was chairman of the German-Baltic Society in 1984 and briefly general secretary of the Federation of Expellees in December 1984 .

Works

Novels

  • Forget Tomorrow (1948)

Children's books

Robbi and Reni

  • Robbi and Reni (1949), at Buje under the title: Reni and Robbi (1950)
  • Robbi the racing driver (1949), at buoy under the title: Reni and Robbi, the racing driver (1950)
  • Reni and Robbi, the goalie (1950), at buoy under the title: Reni and Robbi the goalie (1950)
  • Reni and the Seal Club, 1951

Originally seven volumes were planned, but the follow-up volume “Competition in the Seal Club” announced in “Reni and the Seal Club” has never been published, as have the volumes named there: “Die Robben auf große Fahrt” and “Die Robben”.

Bettina

  • Bettina, where are your braids? (1951)
  • Whirl around Bettina (1953)
  • Just So On Bettina (1953)
  • Bettina, the Vespa girl (1951, originally 2nd volume)
  • Bettina snaps (1951)
  • Bettina, the mad reporter (1951)
  • Bettina's great discovery (1952)
  • Bettina has no time (1952)
  • Is that still Bettina? (1954)
  • Hello Bettina (1956)

Breitschopf-Verlag published five double volumes in the 1970s

  • Whirling around Bettina (1975)
  • Bettina what now? (1976)
  • Bettina knows what she wants (1977)
  • Bettina's Big Secret (1978)
  • Excitement about Bettina (1979)

Geli

  • Geli die Fremde (1951) also under the title: Geli, the new one in the class (1983)
  • Geli on the move (1952)
  • Many questions about Geli (1953)
  • Joy with Geli (1954)
  • We Hear Geli (1955)
  • Holidays under the half moon (1956)

Ulrike

  • Ulli or Ike? (1951)
  • Ulrike's Strange Journey (1951)
  • Not so stormy, Ulrike (1952)
  • So many worries Ulrike? (1952)
  • Everything will be different Ulrike (1955)

Tina

  • Tina and the Wonder Pony (1980)
  • Tina rides Toni (1980)
  • Tina's Shetty Year (1980)
  • Tina's rider rally (1981)
  • Tina's Secret Diary (1981)
  • Surprise for Tina (1982)
  • Tina looking for horses (1985)

Single volumes

  • A Girl Like You (1955)
  • White girl, black girlfriend (Ueberreuter 1956), published by Tosa Verlag under the title: Confession to Bessie (1963)
  • ... and Zipa is silent (1957)

Translations The Bettina books were published partly in Dutch and Swedish, the Geli books in Portuguese and partly in Braille. A television series based on the Geli series was created in Brazil.

Military writings

Collaboration on:

  • Yearbook of the Army (1967, 1969, 1977, 1979)
  • The personnel structure of the armed forces (1971)
  • Bundeswehr and Society (1977)
  • Business Administration and Armed Forces (1980)
  • Initiative 44 (1981)
  • International armies (1983)
  • The Stressed Backbone (1983)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Advertisement in the Litzmannstädter Zeitung of January 11, 1942, p. 12.
personal data
SURNAME Seuberlich, Hans Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1984
Place of death Meckenheim