Lori Ludwig

Lori Ludwig (born January 24, 1924 in Himmelsberg, today in Sondershausen , Thuringia ; † December 13, 1986 in Fürstenberg / Havel ) was a German writer .

Life

Lori Ludwig came from a farming family. After attending an agricultural vocational school , she also worked as a farmer. Interested in art and literature since her youth, she also completed distance learning courses in drawing and painting . In 1947 she joined the Weimar “ Young Authors Working Group ”. After Ludwig married the writer Hanns Krause in 1953 , the couple settled in Neuglobsow / Gransee district. There, Ludwig devoted himself exclusively to her literary work; Together with her husband, she led several “ circles of writing workers ” in the region until she died after suffering from cancer .

Lori Ludwig, who started out as a poet , later mainly wrote books for children and young people . In 1970 she was awarded the Johannes R. Becher Medal in silver.

Works

Beloved land . Berlin 1954 (together with Günther Deicke and Margarete Neumann )
Song of the heart . Weimar 1955
Unrest around Käthe Born . Berlin 1955
Daniela . Berlin 1957
The boys from Grützebartstrasse . Berlin 1958 (together with Hanns Krause )
Brückmanns from the second floor . Weimar 1962 (together with Hanns Krause )
Viola d'amore . Karlsruhe 1963
Annette and me . Weimar 1964
No luck with secrecy . Weimar 1966
New father undesirable . Weimar 1969
Again and again Hartmut! . Weimar 1971
One who set out to become famous . Weimar 1976
Joachim Scholz (Ed.): The tractor driver accelerates . Poems by Lori Ludwig, Potsdam 2003

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personal data
SURNAME	Ludwig, Lori
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Himmelsberg, today in Sondershausen
DATE OF DEATH	December 13, 1986
Place of death	Fürstenberg / Havel