Lothar Sauer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lothar Sauer (born September 10, 1930 in Essen ; † March 6, 2018 in Betzdorf ) was a German author , translator and photographer .

biography

Lothar Sauer grew up as the oldest of three children in Essen; the biochemist and nature photographer Frieder Sauer was his younger brother. The family was moved to Betzdorf an der Sieg during the war . After Sauer had read intensively at a young age, he began to write poetry at the age of 15. Other educational experiences were Schopenhauer and Freud . Sauer wrote his first work "The Chronicle of the State of Neulati" at the age of 23 in Tübingen; a publisher was not found for this until 1960. From 1962 he dealt with ghost and ghost stories, which led to his most famous works, which were published by Herder Verlag between 1970 and 1978 in four anthologies.

From 1980 Lothar Sauer went on numerous trips, about which he reported at slide lectures. As a translator, Lothar Sauer mainly worked with French - and more rarely also English - poems. He became known as a photographer from 1957, initially through black and white photos in Günter Stiff's youth calendars and from 1964 in the youth magazine der eisbrecher , before switching to color travel photography in 1980.

Works (selection)

  • The Chronicle of the State of Neulati . Schmidt, 1960
  • The ghost cog . Herder, 1970
  • The Satan's disciples . Herder, 1972
  • The witch ash . Herder, 1975
  • The messenger of death . Herder, 1978
  • The murder on the spiral staircase . Herder, 1979
  • The grim reaper . Herder, 1980
  • Death spell . Herder, 1986
  • Boys' life  : photos 1957–1985; Photo book, Edermünde: Achims Verl., 1999
  • Young years  : photos 1958–1984; Photo book, Edermünde: Achims Verl., 2000
  • Boyhood  : photos 1958–1986; Photo book, Edermünde: Achims Verl., 2001
  • The ghost cog . Guys, 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Lothar Sauer: A life for literature, photography and boy life . April 15, 2018 ( rhein-zeitung.de [accessed April 16, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Sour, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, translator and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2018
Place of death Betzdorf