Karl Sewart
Karl Sewart (born December 27, 1933 in Annaberg ; † January 2, 2019 ) was a German writer .
Live and act
Sewart grew up in Großolbersdorf as the son of a teacher and a hosiery woman. After graduating from high school in Zschopau in 1952, he first studied professional education and natural sciences in Gotha and then graduated as an art teacher in Erfurt . Then he was a teacher in Leuna , Merseburg , Großolbersdorf and Drebach . After studying at the Leipzig Institute for Literature , he started working as a freelance writer in 1973.
He mainly dealt with literature related to the Erzgebirge , such as the game shooter Karl Stülpner and the Erzgebirge Christmas customs. Based on his story Gambit , the DEFA film I force you to live was made in 1977 with Rolf Ludwig , Peter Welz and Elsa Grube-Deister , directed by Ralf Kirsten . He tells of a teacher who, in the last days of the war in 1945, wanted to save his 14-year-old son from a "heroic death" by force.
Sewart last lived in Drebach. He died in early January 2019, a few days after his 85th birthday.
Works (selection)
- Christmas tree and pyramid. An Erzgebirge Christmas book . Chemnitzer Verlag , Chemnitz 1992, ISBN 3-928678-09-4 .
- Gambit. Three stories . Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle 1972.
- Karl Stülpner. The story of the Erzgebirge game shooter . Chemnitzer Verlag, Chemnitz 2002, ISBN 3-928678-14-0 (former title: Nobody shoots me dead. The story of the folk hero Karl Stülpner , 1994).
- Love trap. An Erzgebirge marriage area . Altis-Verlag , Friedrichsthal 2006, ISBN 3-910195-49-0 .
- 99 marriages and a divorce . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1988, ISBN 3-354-00023-6 .
- The paradise garden. Narratives . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1987, ISBN 3-354-00163-1 .
- Zünd e Lichtl a - Christmas memories of an Erzgebirge . Altis-Verlag, Friedrichsthal 2016, ISBN 978-3-910195-72-1 .
Film adaptations
The story Gambit was made into a film by Ralf Kirsten in 1978 under the title I force you to live . The short story “The Termination” (also from the book “Gambit”) was filmed in 1983 by Edgar Kaufmann for GDR television.
literature
- Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Karl Sewart, p. 102 f .
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Sewart in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Karl Sewart in the Saxon Bibliography
- Karl Sewart. In: Erzgebirgsautoren. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Günther Willen: DEFA Films: An inventory. (pdf, 2 MB) Oldenburg, 1998, p. 77 , archived from the original on September 7, 2012 ; accessed on January 5, 2019 .
- ^ Advertisement by Karl Sewart. In: Free Press , Zschopauer Zeitung. January 5, 2019, p. 14 , accessed January 5, 2019 .
- ^ Klaus Walther : Writer Karl Sewart: Between Province and World. In: Freie Presse from January 8, 2019, page A1.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sewart, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Annaberg-Buchholz |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 2019 |