Herbert Malecha

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Herbert Malecha (born August 27, 1927 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia , † April 8, 2011 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German high school professor and writer . He is best known for his short story Die Probe , published in December 1954 , which is considered a classic short story .

Life

Herbert Malecha was born in Ratibor , Upper Silesia . His father, a police officer, was transferred to Berlin , where Malecha first went to school. The family returned to Ratibor before 1939 and Herbert Malecha became a 15-year-old Air Force helper in 1943 . In October 1944 he joined the Reich Labor Service and in the same year became a Wehrmacht soldier on the Eastern Front .

After the war, Malecha led an unsettled life, working at times as an agricultural, construction and factory worker, as a librarian , sales representative and in other professions. He settled down in Württemberg , where he passed his Abitur in 1947 . Malecha then completed a degree at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen until 1953 . After his legal clerkship, he became a study assessor in Schwäbisch Hall in 1955 .

His well-known short stories are: The sample , which appeared at the end of 1954, and Prohaske and the great life , which he published in March 1956. In 1962 his book Modern Poetry - An Anthology for School Use was published and he was appointed high school professor. During his teaching activities, he also worked as a textbook reviewer and as a consultant for Ernst Klett Verlag , but had to take early retirement due to illness.

In his spare time, Malecha was deputy chairman of the board of trustees of the Schwäbisch Hall open-air theater for decades .

Herbert Malecha died in Schwäbisch Hall and was buried in the forest cemetery next to his wife on April 14, 2011.

Fonts

  • The rehearsal . 1954.
  • Prohasque and the great life . 1956.
  • Modern Poetry - an anthology for school use . 1962. 4th edition: Diesterweg Verlag, Frankfurt 1971, ISBN 978-3-425-06302-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Malecha, a famous story, an unknown person. In: baytor. Retrieved December 3, 2007 .
  2. ↑ Prohask and the great life . In: Die Zeit , No. 10/1956; Story by Herbert Malecha
  3. ↑ hall-one.de , accessed on May 3, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Malecha, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and high school professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratibor , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2011
Place of death Schwäbisch Hall