Josef Eschbach

Josef Eschbach ( pseudonyms : Brigitte Delheid , Monika Heuschen , Anneliese Schwarzer , Helga York , born November 12, 1916 in Eschweiler ; † May 16, 1992 ibid) was a German writer . He is the father of the semiotic Achim Eschbach .

Life

Josef Eschbach was the son of an official . After attending grammar school in Eschweiler, which he graduated with the final examination, he entered the Jesuit order in 1935 . He began his novitiate in Heerenberg in the Netherlands and in Hochelten . From 1937 studied it philosophy at the Jesuit college in Pullach in Munich . From 1939 he was a soldier in the Wehrmacht and took part in the French campaign in 1940 . In the same year Eschbach was expelled from the Reich Chamber of Literature after the publication of his literary debut "A Boy Finds Home" . In 1940/41 he continued his studies in philosophy, theology and history . In February 1941 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht again. In October 1941, Eschbach was released from the Wehrmacht due to a Führer decree due to his religious affiliation. Eschbach then continued his studies at the St. Georgen Jesuit College in Frankfurt am Main , but resigned from the order in February 1942.

Josef Eschbach then initially worked for the Habbel publishing house in Regensburg . In 1942/43 he studied German at the University of Bonn . In October 1943 he married Helga York. From 1943 to 1945 he continued his studies at the University of Vienna continued, and in April 1945 received his doctorate he there with a work about the writer Rudolf Henz for doctor of philosophy . Shortly before the end of the Second World War , Eschbach fled Vienna back to his hometown of Eschweiler. There he opened a bookstore and also worked as a freelance writer. In the 1960s Eschbach was a teacher at the elementary school in Eschweiler-Bergrath and finally until 1982 at the Eschweiler Forest School.

Josef Eschbach wrote numerous novels and stories for children and young people in the 1950s and 1960s ; his girls' books appeared under a total of four different female pseudonyms .

Works

• The fire of God , Leutesdorf 1940
• A boy finds home , Regensburg 1940
• Rudolf Henz , Bonn 1945
• The story of Johannes Bürling , Kempen-Ndrh. 1947
• Boys waiting for a light , Regensburg 1947
• Saboteurs at work , Neustadt an der Haardt 1948
• The forger , Cologne 1949
• Secret about Stollen III , Nuremberg 1949
• The secret of the crypt , Munich 1950
• Lin Yu tang , Regensburg 1950
• The black dots , Cologne 1950
• The false robber , Würzburg 1951
• The house with the four towers , Regensburg 1951
• The seven-pointed star , Würzburg 1951
• Doris and the circus girl , Würzburg 1952 (under the name Helga York)
• Marianne hat Kummer , Würzburg 1952 (under the name Helga York)
• New home for Doris , Würzburg 1952 (under the name Helga York)
• The ring with the opal , Munich 1952
• The difficult year of Christa Paul , Würzburg 1952 (under the name Helga York)
• The two Juttas , Würzburg 1953 (under the name Helga York)
• Doris am Scheideweg , Würzburg 1953 (under the name Helga York)
• Escape or Between Two Shores , Regensburg 1953
• Juschan finds a trace , Regensburg 1953
• Shadows over the path , Regensburg 1953 (under the name Anneliese Schwarzer)
• The treasure in the tower , Würzburg 1953
• Days of Decision , Würzburg 1953
• Doris in der Stadt , Würzburg 1954 (under the name Helga York)
• The escape of Franz Petersen , Limburg 1954
• Dangerous impatience , Würzburg 1954 (under the name Helga York)
• Heiko and the Plan X , Munich 1954
• The hunt for nephrite , Würzburg 1954
• The cassette in the rubble , Regensburg 1954
• The girl with the horse hair , Würzburg 1955 (under the name Helga York)
• Nights of Adventure , Munich 1955
• The competition , Vienna-Mödling 1955
• Sabine and the competition , Munich 1955 (under the name Brigitte Delheid)
• Don't dream, Ruth! , Munich 1955
• The other will pay , Munich 1956
• The best season , Munich 1956 (under the name Brigitte Delheid)
• You are not standing alone, Marita , Donauwörth 1956
• Die Höhle am See , Regensburg 1956 (under the name Anneliese Schwarzer)
• Boys on the Volga , Kevelaer 1956
• Life begins tomorrow , Munich 1956 (under the name Anneliese Schwarzer)
• The Aztec Treasure , Regensburg 1956
• The sled dogs , Munich 1956
• The death ranch , Munich 1956
• The house on the Rursee , Donauwörth 1957
• The man with the Bibi , Kevelaer 1957
• Miguel and the Red , Munich 1958
• Tomorrow the sun will shine again , Kevelaer 1958 (under the name Monika Heuschen)
• The wrong K. , Würzburg 1959
• Trude and the Lollo Club , Einsiedeln 1960 (under the name Brigitte Delheid)
• Diamond hunt in Amsterdam , Hanover 1983
• Battle for the mine , Hanover 1984
• Umbruch , Kevelaer 1992

Web links

• Websites about Josef Eschbach