Karl Rolf Seufert
Karl Rolf Seufert ( pseudonym : Charles Hallgarten ; born December 1, 1923 in Frankfurt am Main , † October 18, 1992 in Eltville am Rhein ) was a German writer .
Life
Karl Rolf Seufert studied German and history . After military service and imprisonment, he lived in Hallgarten in the Rheingau from 1945 until his death , where he was also buried. He worked as a teacher at the primary school in Oestrich . Seufert made extensive trips, especially to Africa and East Asia .
Karl Rolf Seufert's literary work includes numerous books for young people ; In addition to several historical novels , he wrote mainly cultural-historical non-fiction and narrative reports on explorers of the 19th and 20th centuries and their expeditions in Asia , Africa and America . Seufert also processed his own travels, especially those that took him to China in 1966 , in book form. Karl Rolf Seufert, whose works were on the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize several times , received a. a. 1962 the Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize and 1974 the Kurt Lütgen Non-Fiction Prize .
Works
- The caravan of white men , Freiburg i. Br. [U. a.] 1961
- The towers of Mecca , Freiburg i. Br. [U. a.] 1963
- The art of Gutenberg , Eltville am Rhein 1964
- The Palace of Spirits , Zurich 1965
- The forgotten Buddhas , Freiburg i. Br. [U. a.] 1965
- The year in the steppe , Freiburg i. Br. [U. a.] 1967
- The mountain of spirits , Vienna 1969
- The mysterious sedan chair , Vienna 1969
- Among desert robbers , Zurich 1970
- Adventure Africa , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1971
- To China and back , Baden-Baden 1971
- And tomorrow to Nimrud , Würzburg 1971
- Your ride to Lhasa , Würzburg 1972
- The Treasures of Copán , Würzburg 1972
- Three thousand years of Africa , Baden-Baden 1973
- Through the black continent , Würzburg 1973
- Ninety days to Harar , Würzburg 1973
- The secret of Lualaba , Würzburg 1974
- Advance to the Middle Kingdom , Würzburg 1975
- The adventures are not over yet , Würzburg 1977
- The road of wild adventures , Würzburg 1978
- On the move on many roads , Würzburg 1979
- Path of Tears , Würzburg 1980
- Against the wind to the west , Bayreuth 1981
- And somewhere else tomorrow , Würzburg 1981
- ... is a fine country , Bad Schwalbach 1983
- The riddle of the big stones , Würzburg 1983
- Rheingau impressions , Eltville am Rhein 1987
- They came from midnight , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1987
- Gold under the hills , Bindlach 1987
- The sign from Lambarene , Bindlach 1988
- Magic of blue light , Bindlach 1989
- Departure on the holy river , Bindlach 1990
- Course west! , Bindlach 1992
- Towards the wind , Bindlach 1994
literature
- Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1988. 60th year, Gruyter, Berlin [et al.] 1988
- Kurt Böttcher, Herbert Greiner-Mai , Harald Müller and Hannelore Prosche (eds.): Lexicon of German-language writers. Volume 2, Olms, Hildesheim [et al.] 1993.
- Josef Roßkopf: Karl Rolf Seufert . In: Hallgarten through the ages , Walter´s printing works Eltville. ISBN 3-921865-07-7
Web links
- Karl Rolf Seufert on Find a Grave
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Seufert, Karl Rolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hallgarten, Charles (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1992 |
Place of death | Eltville on the Rhine |