Johannes Schönherr (Author)

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Johannes Schönherr (born January 2, 1894 in Dresden , † October 27, 1961 in Leipzig ) was a German writer , editor , journalist , teacher and radio worker in the GDR .

Life

Johannes Schönherr, born on January 2, 1894 in poor circumstances in Dresden, graduated from secondary school, dependent on state scholarships , the teachers' seminar in Dresden-Strehlen , served in the war as a non-commissioned officer in the infantry during the First World War and became a sergeant in the spring of 1917 after gas poisoning Retired in 1918.

As early as 1912 he published poems in the Blätter für Belehrung und Entertainment , a supplement to the Leipziger Neuesten Nachrichten , and other daily newspapers. The poems he wrote during the war had already occasionally been printed in the trenches newspapers and in civilian press organs, and a large number of them have now been published in newspapers and magazines. In 1924 they were collected and published as a volume of poetry under the title Heart of Time .

After the retirement, Schönherr initially worked as an assistant teacher in Kleinwaltersdorf near Freiberg / Saxony . In 1920 he moved to Leipzig and worked there as a primary school teacher at different schools. During this time he was involved in the SPD , the trade unions and the Leipzig Workers' Education Institute.

In addition to Ernst Preczang, Schönherr was lecturer at the Gutenberg Book Guild, founded in 1924 , wrote articles for the magazine Die Büchergilde , wrote forewords and gave lectures in local associations. The publisher was left-wing and socially critical , but did not include any radical titles in its program. (Only when Schönherr was later replaced by Erich Knauf did the book program swing more clearly to the left.) In 1927, Schönherr was elected head of the book guild for one year. In this role he looked after Martin Andersen Nexø and Max Barthel from July 1927 to August 1928 , but above all B. Traven . His manuscript by Aslan Norval , he revised heavily. He also wrote scientific treatises on Traven. In January 1931, excerpts from his novel The Great Command - published as a book in 1933 - were published under the title Have Mercy on the Living! Pre-printed in the SPD party newspaper Vorwärts and under the title Sturmangriff in January 1933 in the Neue Leipziger Zeitung . Lecture evenings on the literary business completed his area of ​​responsibility. In 1933 Schönherr was expelled from the book guild and from the Reichsschrifttumskammer . His books were banned.

Schönherr was demoted to assistant teacher in the summer of 1933 after a school discharge procedure in which he was accused of pacifism , links to social democracy and anti-nationalism . Released from school service in 1945 in the course of denazification , he initially worked as a literary advisor at the Leipzig Cultural Office. On his behalf he gave lectures on, among others, Heine , Schiller , Maxim Gorki , Jack London , Upton Sinclair , Bruno H. Bürgel , B. Traven, Gerhart Hauptmann and Max Jungnickel . From 1947 to 1948 he was deputy head of the "Artistic Word" department at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Sender Leipzig) . On May 1, 1948, Schönherr returned to school and taught German and history at a high school in Markkleeberg , Leipzig-Land district . In September 1954, according to a medical report, he withdrew from school as unfit for service.

Johannes Schönherr died on October 27, 1961 in Leipzig. The archive of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin keeps his estate . It contains an important collection of material on B. Traven.

Works

Independent works

  • 1924: Heart of Time. Verses. Publishing house Die Wölfe, Leipzig.
  • 1927: Liberation. Story of a young person. Illustrations by Max Schwimmer . Gutenberg Book Guild, Berlin.
  • 1933: The big order. Gutenberg Book Guild, Berlin.

Dependent works in anthologies

  • 1961: How B. Traven was "discovered". In: Karl Dietz (Ed.): The Greifen-Almanach on the year 1962. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt, pp. 148-160.
  • 1962: Pirates of Literature. In: Karl Dietz (ed.): The Greifen-Almanach on the year 1963. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt, pp. 182–202.
  • 1963: Who is B. Traven? In: Karl Dietz (Ed.): The Greifen-Almanach on the year 1964. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt, pp. 238–287.

Dependent works in newspapers and magazines (selection)

  • 1914: stand up and walk! From Max Kretzer . Book review in: The future . XXII. Volume, No. 23, of March 7, 1914, p. 334.
  • 1917: Grave Night. In: March. A weekly journal . 11th year, issue 21, from May 26, 1917, p. 486.
  • 1918: The comrade. In: The bell. Socialist weekly . Volume 3, Volume 2, No. 42, January 19, 1918, p. 616.
  • 1924: In the mirror and war poems ( powerlessness , mother earth , the rose bush , the water fetchers , the mother , Flemish night , the war blind ). In: Proletarian Home Hours. Third issue 1924, pp. 76–81.
  • 1929: Something new in the West. In: Forward. August 17, 1929, supplement to Vorwärts: Entertainment and Knowledge.
  • 1934: To home. In: Youth. Münchner Illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben . 39th year 1934, number 21, pp. 325–327.
  • 1934: The next one. In: Neue Leipziger Zeitung. June 24, 1934 (unpaginated). Also in: The Father's House. Illustrated novel magazine. No. XV./54 [1938?] (Unpaginated).
  • 1948: B. Traven - the "death ship" poet. In: Daily review. Newspaper for the German population. Dresden, June 4, 1948, p. 3.
  • 1949: Martin Andersen Nexö. Born on June 26, 1869. In: German lessons. Second year, third volume, pp. 1–6.

Forewords (selection)

  • 1927: Foreword. In: Max Kretzer: Master Timpe. Social novel. Book Guild Gutenberg, Berlin, pp. 7-10.

Song lyrics

  • 1926 (or earlier): certainty. / At the grave. A capella choirs by Friedrich Trözmüller .
  • 1945: reflection. Five songs based on poems by Johannes Schönherr (Wandlung, Lichte Stunden, Calming, Schöne Nacht, Der Dichter) for baritone and piano by Fred Lohse (first performance: January 27, 1946, Forsthaus Raschwitz, Markkleeberg).
  • 1947: Call of the Hearts. Cantata for solos, mixed choir and orchestra by Fred Lohse based on words by Johannes Schönherr (premiere: May 4, 1947, Congress Hall , Leipzig).
  • 1947: expectation. Music: Fred Lohse.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Johannes Schönherr: How I became . In: The Free Trade Union . No. 204 , September 1, 1946, Youngest Workers' Seal, p. 3 .
  2. ↑ Johannes Schönherr: Autumn Feeling . In: Leaves for instruction and entertainment . Supplement to the Leipzig Latest News. No. 48 , November 25, 1912, pp. 192 (sample output).
  3. ↑ a b Britta Friedsam: The illustrated literary utility book at the Gutenberg Book Guild: An analysis of selected book examples from the years 1924 to 1933 . Ed .: Ursula Rautenberg , Volker Titel (=  Alles Buch. Studien der Erlangen Buchwissenschaft . Volume XXIV ). University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen / Nürnberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-940338-05-1 , Chapter 4.2.2 Johannes Schönherr "Liberation" illustrated by Max Schwimmer, p. 36–39 ( gwdg.de [PDF; 3.4 MB ; accessed on February 16, 2018]).
  4. ^ A b Roger Charles Pfister: On the history of book clubs in Austria. A historical investigation . Vienna 2000, Chapter 2.9.1. Global historical overview, p. 31 ( wienbibliothek.at [PDF; 23.9 MB ; accessed on February 16, 2018] Diploma thesis at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna).
  5. ↑ a b c d e Johannes Schönherr Archive. Short biography / history of the institution. In: adk.de. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Joachim Dietze: Choice of words and frequency of use in B. Traven . In: Günter Dammann (Ed.): B. Traven's narrative in the constellation of languages ​​and cultures . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-8260-3080-X , Chapter 1. The linguistic sources, p. 15-22 .
  7. ↑ Johannes Schönherr: Have mercy on the living! In: Forward . No. 35 , January 22, 1931, 2nd supplement to Vorwärts (continued the day after).
  8. ↑ Johannes Schönherr: Storm attack. From a war novel . In: Neue Leipziger Zeitung . No. 29 , January 29, 1933, The Week of Leipzig Authors, p. 17 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schönherr, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, editor, teacher and radio worker in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1961
Place of death Leipzig