Karl Bunje

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Karl Bunje (born November 8, 1897 in Neuchâtel (Friesland) , † April 6, 1985 in Cologne ) was a Low German author .

Life

Bunje was the youngest of nine children of the painter Johann Bernhard Bunje (1850–1923) and his wife Julie b. Schnieder (1861-1941). In 1907 the family moved from Neuenburg to Wilhelmshaven , where Bunje attended high school. In 1914 he joined the Oldenburg state service as an administrative candidate in Rüstringen . In 1916 he was drafted into military service and deployed on the Western Front. After being wounded in 1918, after being released from the military hospital, he did homework in Hanover . It was not until 1919 that he was able to take the official actuary examination. In 1920 he first worked at the tax office in Rüstringen, then at the Reich Finance Administration and was transferred to Brake a short time later . Here he came into contact with the Low German stage play.

In 1931 he took an active part in the open-air festival on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Brake, which inspired the establishment of a Low German stage there in February 1932. Bunje was a founding member and headed the stage until 1935. In 1932 he also joined the Masonic Lodge in Wilhelmshaven; since 1968 he was a member of the Oldenburg Lodge. He also wrote his first play Desertörs for the Braker stage , which dealt with the fate of the Lower Weser during the Napoleonic occupation and was performed with great success. In 1935 the second piece, De Etappenhas , in which he himself played the leading role, premiered in Brake with overwhelming success. Bunje processed his war experiences in the comedy. The play was quickly re-enacted by many Low German theaters, translated into High German as well as into many dialects and foreign languages, and filmed twice (1937 and 1957). The version translated into Kölsche is inextricably linked with Willy Millowitsch , who also played the leading role in the 1957 film. The film was the first theater play broadcast on German television . The work has been performed over 11,000 times to date.

In 1936 Bunje was transferred to Cloppenburg . The success of his third play Spektakel in Kleihörn finally enabled him to live as a freelance writer in 1937. During the Third Reich , Bunje was no longer promoted because of his membership in the Masonic Association. In 1953 he moved to Sandkrug near Oldenburg and from 1973 lived in Rostrup , Oldenburg, Bad Zwischenahn , Berlin and Cologne . In 1971 he received the Fritz Stavenhagen Prize of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation , in 1972 the Silver Badge of Honor of the Low German Stage Association and in 1973 the honorary gift of the Oldenburg Foundation.

family

Bunje was married to Klara born in 1921. Höft (1896–1973) and in 1978 a second marriage with Magda Seele-Hübner (1913–1984). The first marriage had five sons and one daughter. Bunje's first child, Hans Bunje (* 1923), like his father, became a well-known Low German playwright.

plant

Bunje wrote humorous and serious stories, satires and poems in Low and High German, which were mostly published in newspapers, magazines and calendars. He also wrote a film script and radio plays and worked for the North German Broadcasting Corporation . But primarily he was the author of Low German plays (19 cheerful and 2 serious). With the exception of two, his High German stage pieces are only precursors or adaptations of his Low German ones. Other well-known pieces by the author are Dat Hörrohr , Up Düwels Schuvkar and Familienanschluss . In addition to translations into High German and Upper and West German dialects, his works have also been translated into Danish , Flemish , Frisian , Dutch , Swiss German , and even Serbian .

Bunje's works also became known through film and television versions, especially through recordings from the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater , such as Das Hörrohr (1964) with Otto Lüthje and Erna Raupach-Petersen , Verteufelte Zeiten (1968) with Henry Vahl and Heidi Kabel and Der Etappenhase (1978) with Edgar Bessen and Jochen Schenck . Since 1953 there have been several broadcasts of the stage hare from the Millowitsch Theater in Cologne . In addition to Willy Millowitsch, Lotti Krekel , Elsa Scholten , Franz Schneider , Lucy Millowitsch and Jakob Kauhausen could be seen .

Of the Low German playwrights of the Oldenburger Land , he is still the most played alongside Friedrich Lange . Although his pieces are focused on the milieu of the Low German-speaking area and, with a few exceptions, deal with current and very time-related topics, they have proven to be effective over time. This is attributed to the fact that Bunje addresses general human conflicts and behaviors, his characters as types with a generally familiar behavior, even when they are ruthlessly looking for their own benefit, still remain lovable and that Bunje's plays are pure comedies full of action. In contrast to this, the genre definition of the cheerful but less narrative pieces by other Low German playwrights remains mostly vague. His male figures are mostly Low German rogues , his female figures as their counterparts resolute women or self-confident girls. Bunje died in Cologne in 1985, his estate is in the family's possession.

Stage pieces with a year of premiere (selection)

  • after 1932: Desertörs
  • 1935: De Etappenhas , made into a film in 1937 and 1957
  • 1936: Spectacle in Kleihörn - Voss in de Fall , High German 1941
  • 1938: Family union , filmed in 1941
  • 1941: Peper un Solt
  • 1947: Up Düwels Schuvkaar
  • 1949: De pure Wohrheit
  • 1949: Achter anner Lüe Döör
  • 1950: Blinnekoh
  • 1952: De swarte Hannibal
  • 1953: In'n Mahlgang
  • 1954: Isbräker
  • 1955: Dat ear tube
  • 1957: Dat Lock in de Gerechtigkeit

Radio plays

  • 1950: Familjenansluß - Director: Hans Freundt
  • 1951: Blinnekoh - Director: Walter A. Kreye
  • 1953: De swarte Hannibal - Director: Walter Bäumer
  • 1953: In'n Mahlgang - Director: Walter Bäumer
  • 1953: De swatte Hannibal - Director: Wilhelm Wahl
  • 1953: Familjenansluß - Director: Erich Keddy
  • 1954: Dat Hörrohr - Director: Günter Jansen
  • 1955: Das Hörrohr - Director: Karl Brenk
  • 1955: Hasenahlers - Director: Wolfgang Harprecht
  • 1959: Achter anner Lüe Dören - Director: Wolfgang Harprecht
  • 1960: De swatte Hannibal - Director: Wilhelm Wahl
  • 1967: Op Düwels Schuvkaar (In High German also demonized times ) - Director: Hans Tügel

Unknown date:

  • Dat Lock in de Gerechtigkeit - Director: Hans Tügel

Awards (selection)

1971: Fritz Stavenhagen Prize 1972: Silver badge of honor from the Low German Stage Association

Bunje as the namesake

In Brake, Oldenburg, Rellingen and Zetel , streets were named after Bunje.

literature

Single receipts

  1. ↑ cf. Kindler's new literature lexicon, 1992, 3/366
  2. ^ Short biography of Karl Bunje. In: Homepage of the Low German stage in Flensburg. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Bunje, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Low German author
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel (Friesland)
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1985
Place of death Cologne