Heinrich Kraus (writer)
Heinrich Kraus (born June 9, 1932 in St. Ingbert ; † October 22, 2015 ) was a German writer who was best known for his dialect poetry .
Life
As the child of a metal worker and a seamstress , Kraus attended the higher commercial school in Saarbrücken , which he graduated in 1950. After stays in Paris , Rome and Madrid , he worked as a foreign language correspondent in the metal industry in Homburg . Here he began to write poems in dialect . From 1980 he lived as a freelance writer and published numerous volumes of poetry in dialect and standard language , children's books, plays, pieces of music and was also active as a radio play author for the radio .
Heinrich Kraus first lived in St. Ingbert in the Saarland and from 1964 in Bruchmühlbach-Miesau in the Palatinate . He died after a brief illness on October 22, 2015.
Works (selection)
- Sigi Wulle and the bank robbers. Children's book. Klopp, Hamburg 1976, ISBN 3-7817-1031-9 .
- Sigi Wulle and the burglar. Children's book. Heyne, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-453-54231-2 .
- Thistle flowers. Haikus . Wassermann, St. Ingbert 1988, ISBN 3-928030-02-7 .
- Right and left of de Großbach. Geschichde un Gedichde iwwer Dengmert. Wassermann, St. Ingbert 1992, ISBN 3-928030-11-6 .
- Poetic stops. A selection of poetry from four decades. Röhrig, St. Ingbert 2002, ISBN 3-86110-306-0 .
Filmography
- 1983: Die Buddik (TV film) (book / screenplay)
Awards
- 1965: 1st prize Palatinate dialect poet contest
- 1984: Palatinate Prize for Literature
- 1988: 1st prize in the Saar dialect competition
- 1995: 1st prize in the dialect competition, Dannstadter Höhe
- 2006: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich Kraus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinrich Kraus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by Heinrich Kraus and literature on Heinrich Kraus in the Saarland Bibliography
- Heinrich Kraus in the literature lexicon Rhineland-Palatinate
- Heinrich Kraus in the Saarland University and State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarbrücker Zeitung , St. Ingberter Zeitung of October 27, 2015, p. C7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and dialect poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Ingbert |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 2015 |