Manfred Wolter

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Manfred Wolter (born February 18, 1938 in Potsdam , † October 14, 1999 in Woltersdorf ) was a German writer, non-fiction author, editor, screenwriter, film scenarist and director.

biography

Before the fall of the Wall, Manfred Wolter, who studied classical philology and German studies and initially was a teacher, mainly published his own fiction writings and anthologies (with Bernd Jentzsch , Rainer Kirsch , Joochen Laabs and Joachim Walther, among others ). His book Polterabend in Kuhfelde went through three, Frank even four editions. Wolter worked for DEFA for many years as a screenwriter and scenarioist. His best-known films were Zünd an, die Feuerwehr (1978), Asta, mein Engelchen (1980) and Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 78 (1980). In 1989 Karl Heinz Lotz shot the film I can also go backwards , the script written by Wolter based on the story of his own daughter.

After the fall of the Wall, Wolter wrote scripts for documentaries and also directed some of them (about 1994 for " Aktion Ungeziefer ", where he also wrote a non-fiction book of the same name) or From Normandy to the Bundestag (1995, documentary about Stefan Heym ). In 1995 he was the town clerk of Beeskow for half a year , and in 1996 he received a scholarship at Wiepersdorf Castle . In autumn 1997 he became head of the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Erkner .

Grave site in the Woltersdorf cemetery

In 1988, Wolter received an award from the GDR's Albert Schweitzer Committee for his book Frank . His screenplay for I can also go backwards won third prize in an international ORF screenwriting competition in 1988 and first prize at the “ Goldener Spatz ” children's film festival in 1991 . Wolter had been a PEN member since 1993 . His estate (scripts, scenarios, idea sketches, treatments, working manuscripts, awards) is administered by the Film Museum in Potsdam .

Filmography

Fonts

  • Saving the Zaragoza Sea. (Ed. With Joachim Walther ). Der Morgen, Berlin 1976, DNB 770012280 .
  • The forty-thread death. Satires, humoresques and grotesques. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1978, DNB 790091828 .
  • Hen party in Kuhfelde. Stories and meditations that range from humorous to noisy. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1980, DNB 810281945 .
  • Frank. Detour into life. Logs. Der Morgen, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-371-00082-6 .
  • Self-defense. No genre. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-372-00276-8 .
  • Events of the Enkolp. From Petron's "Satyricon". (Ed.). Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-359-00352-7 .
  • Action vermin. The forced resettlement on the Elbe. Experience reports and documents. Altstadt-Verlag, Rostock 1997, ISBN 3-930845-13-X .

Web links

literature

  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2000/2001, Nekrolog I
personal data
SURNAME Wolter, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1999
Place of death Woltersdorf