Katharina Kammer-Veken
Katharina Kammer-Veken (born September 29, 1920 in Chemnitz as Hildegard Luise Hoheisel ; † September 28, 2017 there ) was a German writer.
Life
The daughter of a working-class family attended elementary school in Chemnitz , learned the profession of secretary at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (from 1953 Chemnitz Chamber of Commerce and Industry ) and remained a stenographer in her training company until the birth of a daughter in 1943. From 1949 Kammer-Veken worked as a new teacher . In 1955/56 she studied at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig.
In 1956 she married Karl Veken and settled with him as a freelance writer in Augustusburg . Since its first publication, the story Weg ohne Wahl , which appeared in First Harvest - An Anthology of Young Authors in 1953 by the Neues Leben Berlin publishing house , it has been called Katharina Kammer, later Katharina Kammer-Veken. Her work includes novels, short stories, children's books and screenplays.
Katharina Kammer-Veken was a member of the German Writers 'Association DSV (from November 1973 Writers' Association of the GDR ) since it was founded. After its dissolution in 1990, it belonged to the Saxon Writers' Association, which existed until 2015.
From 1990 until her death Katharina Kammer-Veken lived and worked as a freelance writer in Flöha . She died in 2017 the day before her 97th birthday.
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Books
- Nico and Anita - A children's novel , Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1958
- The difference , Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 1959
- Micki Mager , (together with Karl Veken) Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1966
- Die unromantische Annerose , (together with Karl Veken), Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1966 / Buchclub 65, Berlin 1966
- The legacy of the parents , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1969
- Confessions for my stepson , Verlag am Park, Berlin 2005
Scripts
- The leaded glass window (together with Horst Zaeske), TV film, GDR 1983
- The chain , TV film, GDR 1986
literature
- Lexicon of German-speaking writers from the beginning to the present , VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig, Leipzig 1974
Web links
- Books by and about Katharina Kammer-Veken in the catalog of the German National Library
- Chemnitz author lexicon of the Chemnitz City Library
- Günter Saalmann about Katharina Kammer-Veken in LitteratA
- Katharina Kammer-Veken in the Chemnitz City Library, event report in LiteratA
- Internet platform Chemnitz history
- Katharina Kammer-Veken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Walther : A life without choice - author Katharina Kammer-Veken is dead . In: Freie Presse from September 29, 2017, p. A2.
- ↑ Katharina Kammer-Veken. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume II: PZ. Walter De Gruyter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , pp. 476–477.
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SURNAME | Kammer-Veken, Katharina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoheisel, Hildegard Luise (maiden name); Chamber, Katharina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
DATE OF DEATH | 28th September 2017 |
Place of death | Chemnitz |