Helmut Hauptmann (writer)
Helmut Hauptmann (born March 12, 1928 in Berlin ) is a German writer who mainly worked in the GDR .
Life
Helmut Hauptmann comes from a working class family. In the final phase of the Second World War 1944-45 he served as an Air Force auxiliary in Berlin and fell in Schleswig-Holstein in captivity . After graduating from high school , he worked for the magistrate of Greater Berlin . He has lived in Berlin as an editor , journalist and writer since the early 1950s .
Helmut Hauptmann is the author of narrative works that reflect the ideological optimism of the early GDR , as well as of reports that deal with the author's travel experiences in various countries of the Eastern Bloc .
Helmut Hauptmann had been a member of the GDR Writers' Association since 1956 and of the GDR PEN Center since 1972 .
He received the following awards:
- 1958 the Erich Weinert Medal
- 1960 the Heinrich Mann Prize
- 1964 the art prize of the FDGB
- 1969 the Heinrich Heine Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the GDR
- 1988 the Order Banner of Labor Stage I.
Works
- The secret of Sosa , Berlin 1950
- Studied like Angelika and Hans Joachim! , Berlin 1951
- Black Sea and white roses , Berlin 1956
- Three people on the Danube , Berlin 1957
- The career of Hans Dietrich Borssdorf alias Jakow , Berlin 1958
- The Invisible Man with the Red Hat , Berlin 1958
- Seven set the clock , Berlin 1959
- Hanna , Berlin 1963
- The complex adventure Schwedt , Halle (Saale) 1964
- The Circle of the Family , Halle 1964
- Blue sky, blue helmets , Halle (Saale) 1965
- Ivi , Halle (Saale) 1969
- Why I went to Horka , Bautzen in 1971
- The indivisible life , Halle (Saale) 1972
- Standpunkt und Spielraum , Halle (Saale) 1977
Editing
- GDR reports , Leipzig 1969
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , April 30th / April 1st. May 1988, p. 5
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SURNAME | Captain, Helmut |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , German Empire |