Kurt Lütgen

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Kurt Lütgen (born November 25, 1911 in Glietzig , Naugard district , Pomerania ; † July 25, 1992 in Bad Salzuflen ) was a German writer .

Life

Kurt Lütgen was born the son of a farmer in Glietzig and grew up in Magdeburg . After attending grammar school , he studied German , history , philosophy and art history at the University of Halle .

He later trained as a bookseller and worked as a journalist and freelance editor in Essen from 1933 to 1941 . From 1941 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a medical service soldier . After 1945 he lived as a freelance writer and translator in Essen, Bad Oeynhausen , Detmold and Bad Salzuflen .

Kurt Lütgen wrote, based on Joseph Conrad and Alfred E. Johann , mostly books for young people on exotic and historical topics. His greatest success of these extensively researched “non-fiction books for the youth” was Kein Winter für Wölfe (1955) about the rescue of a whaling team trapped in the ice. His most ambitious work is Das Rätsel Nordwestpassage (1966).

Honors

Works

  • The great captain , Braunschweig et al. 1950
  • The white condor , Braunschweig 1952
  • No winter for wolves , Braunschweig 1955
  • The elephant year , Braunschweig 1957
  • Reindeer for Point Barrow , Vienna 1959
  • The dogs of the gods , Minden (Westphalia) 1960
  • Korroborri , Braunschweig 1960
  • ... count the cats of Zanzibar , Braunschweig 1962
  • A bridge over the Breusch , Lahr / Black Forest 1965
  • The Northwest Passage Riddle , Braunschweig 1966
  • The white sister of the Seminoles , Lahr / Black Forest 1966
  • Everyone lives from their dream , Baden-Baden 1968
  • Neighbors of the north wind , Braunschweig 1968
  • Wagnis und Weite , Würzburg 1969
  • The best doctor far and wide , Recklinghausen 1970
  • The stubborn Finn , Vienna 1970
  • Piblokto , Baden-Baden 1970
  • Suzumé , son of the samurai, Würzburg 1970
  • Tower music and other anecdotes , Konstanz 1970
  • Autumnal Heart , Würzburg 1971
  • Behind the mountains the gold , Würzburg 1971
  • Captains, ships, adventurers , Bayreuth 1971
  • The ghost of Kyoto , Würzburg 1972
  • Great hunt on all seas , Bayreuth 1972
  • Fog in front of Foyn , Baden-Baden 1972
  • Forward, Balto , Würzburg 1972
  • Just one point on the map , Würzburg 1973
  • Rebels on the Red River , Würzburg 1974
  • Withdrawal to the south , Würzburg 1975, ISBN 3-401-03746-3
  • Advance into deadly depths , Bayreuth 1975
  • Vitus J. Bering , Balve / Sauerland 1976
  • On a secret course - Australien Saga I , Würzburg 1977 ISBN 3-401-01588-5
  • Far in the north, new land , Bayreuth 1977
  • Far behind the desert moon - Australien Saga II , Würzburg 1977 ISBN 3-401-01589-3
  • Like sand before the wind , Würzburg 1979
  • The great Kurt Lütgen book , Bayreuth 1980
  • On an island far out in the sea , Bayreuth 1981
  • Fire on the prairie , Würzburg 1982
  • A life for the Rocky Mountains , Würzburg 1983
  • His last lion , Stuttgart 1984
  • Guardian of the Wilderness , Würzburg 1985
  • My island , Recklinghausen 1986

Editing

  • "Go to Heaven with the Brigg" and eighteen other sea stories , Minden (Westphalia) 1952
  • Stories of German storytellers , Minden (Westf.) 1963
  • Humor in technology , food
    • 1. Cheerful stories, entertaining anecdotes, curiosities, satires in verse and prose , 1950
  • Japan at first hand , Würzburg 1978
  • The strange wreck , Würzburg 1973
  • The most beautiful animal stories from all over the world , Munich 1989

Translations

  • Phyllis Bottome : The Last Gift , Essen-Steele (Ruhr) 1949 (translated together with Wilhelm Dorn)
  • Joyce Cary : Mrs. Mondays Metamorphosis , Essen-Steele (Ruhr) 1949 (translated together with Wilhelm Dorn)
  • Joyce Cary: In the Shadow of Life , Essen-Steele (Ruhr) 1948 (translated together with Wilhelm Dorn)
  • George Finkel : Antarktika , Dortmund 1977
  • Curt Gentry : The secret of the gold mine , Würzburg 1973
  • Ernestine Hill : My love must wait , Minden (Westf.) 1961
  • Hyman Levy : A worldview for people of our time , Essen-Steele, Ruhr 1947 (translated together with Wilhelm Dorn)
  • Chris McManus : The Bewitched Ship , Minden (Westf.) 1960
  • Jeannette Mirsky : Without compass and sword , Würzburg 1973
  • Without timetable , Minden (Westphalia) 1955
  • Irving Wallace : The fabulous originals , Minden (Westf.) 1962

literature

  • Malte Dahrendorf: The human task as an adventure . Braunschweig: Westermann 1967.
  • Heinrich Pleticha, Siegfried Augustin: Lexicon of adventure and travel literature from Africa to Winnetou. Edition Erdmann in K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart, Vienna, Bern 1999, ISBN 3 522 60002 9

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personal data
SURNAME Lütgen, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Glietzig , Naugard district
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1992
Place of death Bad Salzuflen