Jonny Liesegang

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Commemorative plaque on the house at Afrikanische Strasse 146c in Berlin-Wedding

Jonny Liesegang (born October 6, 1897 in Berlin ; † March 30, 1961 there ), whose real name was Johannes Haasis , was a Berlin writer and illustrator.

Life

Until 1933 Liesegang worked for the publishing houses Ullstein and Mosse . When the National Socialists came to power, he was banned from working there and henceforth worked as a freelance writer. During the war years, he wrote three books that ironically and exaggeratedly told everyday stories from what was then the Berlin district of Wedding , and in which he intensively depicted Weddinger slang onomatopoeic. From 1938 to 1942 three books were published. He was then drafted into the Wehrmacht. After the Second World War, he published a fourth book in 1949 with stories from Wedding. One of his most popular literary figures is the Weddinger caretaker "Frau Nuschnpickeln".

Liesegang lived his entire life in the Berlin district of Wedding, first on Pankstrasse ( belonging to the Gesundbrunnen district ) and later on Afrikaner Strasse ( Wedding district ). A memorial plaque commemorates the writer on his former home at 146c . Liesegang was buried in the Weddinger Urnenfriedhof on Seestrasse in 1961 .

Works

All works were published for the first time by Buchwarte-Verlag Lothar Blanvalet , Berlin.

literature

  • Jonny 90: a memorial and smiley font for and by Jonny Liesegang on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birthday on October 6, 1987 . Published by the Heimatarchiv Wedding. Compiled by Frank Dittmer with the kind permission of Eva Haasis-Liesegang. Berlin 1987 <contains previously unpublished texts by and about Liesegang in book form>

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SURNAME Liesegang, Jonny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haasis, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1961
Place of death Berlin