James Krüss

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James Jacob Hinrich Krüss (born May 31, 1926 on Heligoland ; † August 2, 1997 in Gran Canaria ) was a German poet and writer . He also used the pseudonyms Markus Polder and Felix Ritter .

Life

James Krüss grew up as the eldest son of the electrician Ludwig Krüss and his wife Margaretha Friederichs on Heligoland. 1941 Helgoländer children after Arnstadt in Thuringia , later to Hertigswalde in Sebnitz in Saxony sent . After graduating from secondary school in 1942, Krüss attended the Lunden Teachers Training College in Schleswig-Holstein , from 1943 the Ratzeburg Teachers Training College and, from 1944, the Bernhard Rust University in Braunschweig . In the late summer of 1944 he volunteered for the Air Force and experienced the end of the Second World War in Aussig in the Sudetenland . After the end of the war, he reached Cuxhaven , where his parents were staying, on foot and by bike . In his work Der Harmlos in 1988, Krüss presented himself as an initially convinced National Socialist , but who turned away from these convictions after the end of the war on this hike. In this story he also addressed his homosexuality . In his youth he had witnessed a major homosexual trial on the island. A return to Heligoland was not possible in 1945 because the island was a military training area and the British Air Force served as a bomb target.

In 1946 Krüss published his first book Der goldene Faden in Parus-Verlag and in the same year began studying at the University of Education in Lüneburg . As part of his studies, he also completed a school internship in Meinholz near Wietzendorf in 1946 . In 1948 he passed his exam as a primary school teacher; but he never worked as a teacher. In the same year Krüss moved to Reinbek near Hamburg and founded the magazine Helgoland , which was published until 1956, primarily for the residents evacuated from the island. In 1949 he moved to Lochham near Munich and met Erich Kästner , among others .

From 1951 he wrote radio plays for children. In 1956 his first children's book, The Lighthouse on the Lobster Cliffs, was published by Friedrich Oetinger. In between he made trips to Italy and Yugoslavia . Together with Peter Hacks he wrote children's poems for example "March Kisses" during a stay on the Yugoslav Adriatic in 1954, which they later shared among themselves. In 1960, Krüss received the German Youth Book Prize for my great-grandfather and I and became known in one fell swoop. In the same year he bought a house with a garden in Gilching , Bavaria , where he lived until 1966. His most popular book is Timm Thaler , published in 1962 , which was filmed in 1979 as a television series of the same name and on which an animation series of the same name from 2002 is based. The material was filmed again in 2017 under the direction of Andreas Dresen .

Krüss also worked for television himself: in 1963, ABC und Phantasie was created for ARD. Between 1966 and 1969, the children's series James' Animal Life with Suzanne Doucet and Hans Clarin was also broadcast on ARD (sound carriers LP and CD). Both programs were also moderated by Krüss. He also worked with Udo Jürgens for Jenny and Jonny - All Children of the World (1971–1973). The songs set to music and sung by Jürgens were also recorded on sound carriers.

After Krüss had already visited Tenerife in 1964, he bought a house in the village of La Calzada on Gran Canaria the following year, where he lived with his local partner Dario Perez from 1966 until his death. In 1976 he celebrated his 50th birthday in Schloss Köpenick in East Berlin . Many of his books also appeared in the GDR , some of them as first editions. In 1997 James Krüss died in Gran Canaria. He was buried at sea on September 27th off his home island of Helgoland .

Aftermath

On the occasion of his 75th birthday in 2001, his heirs donated the literary estate to the city of Munich; this includes more than 700 children's books by the author in their translations, including 476 picture books, children's novels and stories, as well as 25 editions by Timm Thaler, 17 editions by Mein Urgrgrßvater und I, 35 editions from the lighthouse on the lobster cliffs, 7 editions of The Happy Islands ... and 106 anthologies. There are also manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, drawings, printed illustrations, records, newspaper reports, reviews and secondary academic literature.

The estate is exhibited in the James Krüss Tower in Blutenburg Castle , which has been the seat of the International Youth Library since 1983 . Since it can not be shown in full in the James Krüss Tower due to lack of space , further materials can be viewed in the study room.

On the island of Helgoland there is a small James Krüss Museum in two replica lobster booths in the museum courtyard of the Museum Helgoland . TV recordings, CDs, photographs, manuscripts and correspondence are shown there, including a letter from Astrid Lindgren to James Krüss.

Seven German schools bear his name, including the only general education school on Heligoland and the James Krüss primary school in Berlin.

In the International Youth Library in Munich, the James Krüss Prize for international children's and youth literature was awarded for the first time in 2013 in memory of the author and has been awarded every two years since then.

bibliography

picture books

  • Christoffel and his white horse . With pictures by Irene Schreiber. Oldenburg, Stalling, 1956
  • Henriette Bimmelbahn . With pictures by Lisl Stich . Buje Verlag, 1957.
  • The blue bus . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Buje Verlag, 1958.
  • The little double decker . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Buje Verlag, 1959.
  • ABC, ABC, Noah's Ark sets sail! With pictures by Beatrice Braun-Fock . Obpacher book and art publisher, 1959.
  • The travel poodle Archibald . With pictures by Erich Hölle . Stuttgart: Boje Verlag, 1960.
  • A fun frog trip . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Buje Verlag, 1960.
  • 3 × 3 in one day: A picture book for everyone who can count to three . With pictures by Eva Johanna Rubin . Betz Verlag, 1963.
  • Hendrikje with the sashes . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Boje Verlag, 1964.
  • Ladislaus and Annabella . With pictures by Beatrice Braun-Fock. Stuttgart, buoy, 1965
  • The particularly nice tram . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Boje Verlag, 1965.
  • Polulangrian songs . Collected, edited and provided with a preliminary remark, notes, footnotes, drawings and a bibliography by James Krüss. Damocles Verlag, 1968.
  • I would love to be the zoo director . With pictures by Lisl Stich. Buje Verlag, 1969.
  • Who was calling the fire department? With pictures by Erika Meier-Albert . Boje Verlag, 1971.
  • The story of the great A . With pictures by Eleonore Schmid . Thienemanns Verlag, 1972.

Books for children and young readers

  • The singing war of the heather rabbits . 1952
  • The lighthouse on the Lobster Cliffs . With pictures by Jutta Benecke-Eberle . Oetinger Verlag, 1956.
  • The Lucky Leeward Islands . Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin, 1958 (both journeys in one volume); Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg, 1959/1960 (in two volumes); Carlsen-Verlag, 2000 (in one volume).
  • My great grandfather and me . With pictures by Jochen Bartsch . Oetinger Verlag, 1959.
  • Tetjus Timm: The adventurous chronicle of his life on water, on land and in the air. Conceived and recorded by Peter Goettsche in B / W, put in verse by James Krüss. Issue 1–5, Alfred Holz, Berlin 1961.
  • The well-tempered organ organ . 12 by 12 poems for children, parents and other people . With pictures by Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt . 1961
  • Florentine . With pictures by Erika Meier-Albert. 1961.
  • Timm Thaler or The Laughing Soldier . Oetinger Verlag, 1962.
  • Ten little negroes . A musical journey through the world and the multiplication table. 1963
  • My great grandfather, the heroes and me . With pictures by Jochen Bartsch . Oetinger Verlag, 1967.
  • Bees, rabbits, carolines . Boje-Verlag, Stuttgart 1968.
  • In Aunt Julie's house , Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 1969.
  • The adventures of the little elephant Gongo . With pictures by Erika Meier-Albert. Boje-Verlag Stuttgart, 1976.
  • The little girl and the blue horse . Cover and interior illustrations by Aiga Rasch . Boje-Verlag Stuttgart, 1977.
  • Summer on the Lobster Cliffs . With pictures by Rolf Rettich. Oetinger Verlag, 1977.
  • Pauline and me . Cover and interior illustrations by Aiga Rasch . Boje-Verlag Stuttgart, 1977.
  • The submarine Fritz . Cover and interior illustrations by Aiga Rasch . Boje-Verlag Stuttgart, 1977.
  • Guests on the Lobster Cliffs . Oetinger Verlag, 1978, ISBN 3-7891-2228-9 .
  • Timm Thaler's dolls, or philanthropy sold . Oetinger Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-7891-2243-2 .
  • Nicky and Nannenttchen . Cover and interior illustrations by Aiga Rasch . Heyne Verlag, 1979.
  • The Magician Corinth and Other Poems . Oetinger Verlag, 1982.
  • Signal Molly or the journey on the cow . Oetinger Verlag, 1982.
  • Christmas on the Lobster Cliffs . With pictures by Rolf Rettich . Oetinger Verlag, 1984.
  • The shipwrecked. Lentzverlag, 1984.
  • Farewell to the Lobster Cliffs . With pictures by Rolf Rettich. Oetinger Verlag, 1985.
  • Nele or the Wunderkind , Oetinger Verlag, 1987. Also published under the title Nele or the Wunderkind: The History of 101 Days as Ravensburger Taschenbuch, Vol. 8, 1987.

Posthumous new publications

Audio book and radio play adaptations

Translations in verse form

  • Barbro Lindgren : Mother's wild little boy . With pictures by Eva Eriksson . Oetinger Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-7891-6070-9 (original title: Mamman och den vilda bebin ).
  • Barbro Lindgren: The wild little boy goes to sea . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Oetinger Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-7891-6071-7 (original title: Den vilda Bebiresan ).
  • Rose Lagercrantz , Samuel Lagercrantz: Karlchen would like to be strong and big . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Oetinger Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-7891-6072-5 .
  • Barbro Lindgren: The wild little boy and his dog . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Oetinger Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7891-6073-3 (original title: Vilda Bebin får en hund ).
  • Rose Lagercrantz, Samuel Lagercrantz: Karlchen conjures one-two-three . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Oetinger Verlag, 1987, ISBN 3-7891-6074-1 (Original title: Trolleri vafalls? ).
  • John Vernon Lord: The giant jam bread . Put in verse by Janet Burroway. K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart 1972, ISBN 3-522-41020-3 (original title: The Giant Jam Sandwich ).

Awards and honors

Posthumously

literature

  • Klaus Doderer : Traveling in imagined land. Searching for literary traces on site - essays. Iudicium, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89129-613-4 .
  • Klaus Doderer: James Krüss. Islanders and world citizens. Carlsen, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-551-58213-3 .
  • Franklin Folsom: The Miracle of Language. What is it - How it came about - How it developed? New Tessloff Verlag, Hamburg 1968.
  • Hermann Helmers: Language and Humor of the Child. 2nd, change u. exp. Edition. Klett, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-12-923560-4 .
  • Myun Kim: Bag of Fortune and Society. Comparative study of the processing of the inexhaustible money motif in the mirror of social consciousness (= Wissenschaftliche Schriftenreihe Germanistik. 11). Köster, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89574-317-8 .
  • Birgit Macke: Storytelling as an original form of understanding. On the poetic conception in the work of James Krüss. Univ. Mag.-Arb., Münster 1997.
  • Kerstin Ott: The utopia of the happy islands. Changes and constants in the work of James Krüss. Dissertation. Frankfurt am Main 1991.
  • Steffen Peltsch: On the ideological and aesthetic problems of novels and stories for children by James Krüss. Pedagogue. University, Dresden 1975.
  • Gunther Schendel: "Sometimes the door comes in / even a village schoolmaster". James Krüss and his school internship in the Heidedorf Meinholz. In: 2001 yearbook of the district of Soltau Fallingbostel. Soltau 2000, pp. 176-184. Also printed in: Soltauer Schriften. Series of publications by the Freudenthal Society, Volume 7/2001, pp. 80–85, as well as in: Heimatkalender. 2002. Yearbook for the Lüneburg Heath, p. 40f.
  • Literature by and about James Krüss in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Wikiquote: James Krüss  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krüss, James. Retrieved February 7, 2015 .
  2. ^ Eckhard Wallmann: A colony becomes German - Heligoland between the world wars. Bredstedt 2012.
  3. ↑ James Krüss on Heligoland. Retrieved February 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Klaus Doderer: James Krüss. Islanders and world citizens. Carlsen, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-551-58213-3 , p. 27.
  5. ↑ Krüss James - "My great grandfather and I". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 8, 2014 ; Retrieved February 7, 2015 .
  6. ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/james-tierleben
  7. ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/jenny-und-jonny-oder-alle-kinder-dieser-welt
  8. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Udo-J%C3%BCrgens-James-Kr%C3%BCss-Jonny-Jenny-Alle-Kinder-Dieser-Welt/master/771676
  9. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Udo-J%C3%BCrgens-Es-War-Einmal-Ein-Luftballon-Udo-J%C3%BCrgens-Singt-Kinderlieder-Von-James-Kr%C3%BCss / release / 7989892
  10. ↑ Klaus Doderer: James Krüss. Islanders and world citizens. Carlsen, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-551-58213-3 , pp. 32, 273.
  11. ↑ http://www.jameskruess.de/james-kruess/lebensdaten/1970-1979/ Lebensdaten James Krüss
  12. ↑ From now on in good company. In: FAZ from October 19, 2013
  13. ↑ James Krüss: The well-tempered organ organ, poems for children, adults and other people. Reading sample. randomhouse.de
personal data
SURNAME Krüss, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krüss, James Jacob Hinrich (full name); Polder, Markus (pseudonym); Ritter, Felix (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH on Heligoland
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1997
Place of death in Gran Canaria