Helga Riedel
Helga Riedel (born August 24, 1942 in Luckenwalde ) is a German writer . She became known for her crime novels .
Life
Helga Riedel was born in 1942 in Luckenwalde, which today belongs to Brandenburg . In 1962 she married to be of age prematurely . Since 1966 she lived in Gelsenkirchen , where she made her first literary experience. She mainly wrote short stories that were published in local daily newspapers. In addition, she wrote poems, radio plays and a play. She was active in the literary workshop in Gelsenkirchen, where crime writer Frank Göhre and Max von der Grün were also involved.
In 1969 she separated from her husband and moved with her children to Wyk auf Föhr to work as a teacher. Her first detective novel, One Must Dead, was written during a lengthy stay in hospital . The focus is on a teacher who marries a Turk who lives illegally in Germany. During a visit to Rowohlt Verlag , the head of the rororo-Thriller series, Richard K. Flesch , received the manuscript, which was published in paperback in November 1983. Her next detective novel, Revenant , was also published in 1984 by Rowohlt-Verlag. The artfully interwoven plot turns out to be a doubly fictional detective novel, the framework of which only becomes clear in the last chapter. The book is set in the north of Schleswig-Holstein , as does One Must Dead .
The third crime novel was exposed in 1985 . The book takes place between 1959 and 1962. It consists of numerous fictional documents, the main part of which is a report of a young person who kills her father. It is also a historical document of the Adenauer era at that time . In 1985, Helga Riedel began her fourth detective novel, The Little Death . In the same year she suffered a serious car accident, was in a coma for a long time and ended her literary career for the time being. In 2008, One Must Dead was republished in the series Criminal Moral History of Germany . The print runs of the three novels published by Rowohlt are between 33,000 and 21,000.
Helga Riedel has lived in Itzehoe since 1990 (as of 2012).
Honors
In 1985, Helga Riedel was awarded first place in the "National" category at the first awarding of the German Crime Prize for her novels One Must Dead and Revenant . Her independent style received special recognition.
Works
- One must be dead . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983, ISBN 3-499-42656-0
- Revenant . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1984, ISBN 3-499-42682-X
- Exposed . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-42715-X
Web links
- Literature by and about Helga Riedel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Helga Riedel at krimilexikon.de
- Frank Göhre on Helga Riedel
- Information on Helga Riedel with a photo from Peter-Faecke-Verlag
- Helga Riedel in the Gelsenkirchen literature workshop
- Homage to One Must Dead and Revenant on the occasion of the award of the German Crime Prize
- Excerpts from One Must Dead
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Helga Riedel in Gelsenkirchen , accessed on November 12, 2009
- ^ German National Library: Helga Riedel , accessed on November 12, 2009
- ↑ Murderous talent for exciting thrillers. In: Norddeutsche Rundschau vo8. August 2012 , accessed September 13, 2012
- ↑ Homage to One Must Dead and Revenant on the occasion of the awarding of the German Crime Prize , accessed on November 12, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riedel, Helga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luckenwalde |