Kurt Kauter

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Grave of Kurt Kauter and his wife in the main cemetery in Gotha

Kurt Kauter (born May 7, 1913 in Limburg an der Lahn , † February 23, 2002 in Gotha ) was a German writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym José Maria Rocafuerte .

life and work

Kauter wrote his first poems in his youth. The discovery of a petrified fossil aroused his interest in geology , which he studied in Würzburg alongside mineralogy and geography and in which he also received his doctorate. Kurt Kauter was a communist and co-founder of the peace movement in West Germany. He moved to Gotha in the GDR in 1958 .

As a geologist, Kauter traveled abroad to research oil deposits, which led to the fact that he put his encounters with Latin American cultures on paper. In the 1960s, books such as Im Schatten des Chimborazo and Under the Southern Cross were created . Kauter's love for the peoples of South America shaped all of his much-read books for children and young people. With the novel Liberator Bolivar he set a monument to the South American independence fighter Simón Bolívar . Kauter was a writer well into old age. At the age of 83 he was honored for his life's work with the highest honor in Venezuela , the Order Mérito al Trabajo - Primera Clase .

His published publications reached a total circulation of around two million copies worldwide.

Others

Kauter found his final resting place in the main cemetery in Gotha .

Works

  • In the shadow of the Chimborazo. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1964.
  • Under the Southern Cross. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1965.
  • The son of Cotopaxi. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1966.
  • The wind blows over Tierra del Fuego. Legends, myths and sagas of the Tierra del Fuego Indians. Alfred Holz, Berlin 1970.
  • So spoke the marabou. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1973.
  • The man from the Cordilleras. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1973.
  • From Arica to Tierra del Fuego. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1974.
  • Peru. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1976.
  • The snake rainbow. Edition Holz in the children's book publisher, Berlin 1977.
  • God Inca. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1977.
  • Buenos dias, Venezuela. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1979.
  • The young Kazike. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1979.
  • In the shadow of the Chimborazo. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1980.
  • Under the world tree. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1981.
  • How the condor became king. Nitzsche, Niederwiesa 1981.
  • Where the sun was king. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1981.
  • The storm rider. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1982.
  • Fly, condor Tupac Amaru. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1982.
  • The last from the end of the world. Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt 1983.
  • March out of the Sierra Maestra. Military publishing house of the GDR, Berlin 1985.
  • The son of Cotopaxi. Union-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987.
  • Green lizard in the blue sea. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1987.
  • Papa, why am I called Meier? Rhino-Verlag, Arnstadt 1994.
  • What became of Abraham in his rucksack or how everything was - or has become. Lenz, Neustadt am Rübenberge 1996.
  • A tomb for Zeus. Lenz, Neustadt am Rübenberge 1997.
  • What is divine about God? Lenz, Neustadt am Rübenberge 1997.
  • A thousand questions for the Pope ... Lenz, Neustadt am Rübenberge 1999.
  • Landscape. Autobiographical sketches. Rhino-Verlag, Arnstadt / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-932081-31-5 .
  • On the road for a lifetime. RhinoVerlag, Weimar 2002.

literature

  • Dieter Fechner : Personal encounters with Thuringian authors in the 20th / 21st Century . Verlag Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2014, ISBN 978-3-86777-718-6 , Kurt Kauter (1913-2002), pp. 110-115 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kauter, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rocafuerte, José Maria (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Limburg on the Lahn
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2002
Place of death Gotha