Kurt Dörnemann

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Kurt Dörnemann (born August 21, 1913 in Witten ; † January 7, 2009 in Bochum ) was a German writer .

Life

Kurt Dörnemann attended the municipal high school in Witten and passed his school leaving examination there in 1931 . After a traineeship , he worked in Bochum as an editor for the Westfälische Volkszeitung and the Bochumer Anzeiger . He took as a soldier of the Wehrmacht at the World War II in part and got into captivity . After the end of the war, he worked as a freelance cultural journalist and critic for various newspapers . From 1965 to 1976 he was culture editor atWest German Broadcasting . From 1951 to 1986 he regularly wrote reviews and theater contributions for the Westfalenspiegel . In addition, he dealt with the theater culture of the Ruhr area and put together an extensive collection on this topic, which he presented in exhibitions and donated to the German Institute of the University of Bochum in 1987 . Kurt Dörnemann lived in Bochum .

He is the author of stories , reports , essays , plays , radio plays , radio features and works on the history of theater .

He was also a member of the German Shakespeare Society West and the Société Internationale des Amis de Montaigne . He was the holder of the Ring of Honor of the City of Bochum and the University Medal of the Ruhr University Bochum .

In 2004 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . Kurt Dörnemann died on January 7, 2009 in Bochum.

Works

  • The boots of happiness . Berlin 1954.
  • The Ruhr Festival . Düsseldorf 1958.
  • The thirteenth in the castle . Berlin 1959.
  • Just a visit to Lille . Recklinghausen 1960.
  • Drama in Bochum . Bochum 1963.
  • Saladin Schmitt . Bochum 1964.
  • The Boots of Luck and Other Tales . Recklinghausen 1969.
  • Shakespeare theater . Bochum 1979.
  • Theater in war . Bochum 1990.
  • Ölkräbbelchen, cinema, the Foreign Legionnaire and other things from a childhood on the Ruhr . Witten 1991.
  • Theater maker in Witten . Witten 1997.
  • There is only one pistol shot . Bochum 2002.
  • What a theater . Bochum 2003.
  • “The Jaguar Girl”, “The Inca Throne”, “A God with Yellow Feet” and other adventurous stories not only for young readers . Bochum 2003.
  • My Bochum from the early years . Bochum 2004.
  • Fairy tales - not just for young people . Bochum 2004.
  • In the Saint Cyprien vineyard . Bochum 2008.

Editing

  • Carl Arnold Kortum : Because since time immemorial there has not been such a famous night watchman as he . Bochum 1955.
  • ... we are still the boys from Bochum . Bochum 1961.
  • Look into space . Bochum 1964.
  • History in Shakespeare . Bochum 1982.
  • Thomas Grochowiak . Recklinghausen 1984.
  • Siegfried's death and Kriemhild's revenge . Bochum 1987.
  • Wilhelm Busch : Pictures from the “Jobsiade” . Bochum 2003.

Translations

  • Aral car travel book France . Dortmund 1978.
  • Eugène Labiche : The Rue de L'Ourcine affair . Munich 1967.
  • Eugène Labiche: The Journey of Mr. Perrichon . Munich 1967.
  • Pierre Carlet de Marivaux : The game of love and chance . Munich u. a. 1961.

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personal data
SURNAME Dörnemann, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Witten
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2009
Place of death Bochum