Margarete Neumann (writer)
Margarete Neumann (born February 19, 1917 in Pyritz ; † March 4, 2002 in Rostock ) was a German writer and poet, mother of the sculptor Dorothee Rätsch and the writer Gert Neumann .
Life
Neumann studied at the social pedagogical seminar in Königsberg (Prussia) and worked as a welfare worker in Heilsberg until 1945 . After the escape she was u. a. New farmer in Mecklenburg and light metal welder in Halle (Saale) . She was an unskilled worker in the Neubrandenburg oil heater factory and she worked as a shift worker in the gases department of the Schwedt petrolchemical combine . From 1952 she lived as a freelance writer in Hohen Neuendorf , from 1961 in Neubrandenburg. She was considered a party-affiliated writer and representative of socialist realism in the GDR.
After the fall of the Wall, Neumann lived in Sousse and Hergla ( Tunisia ) from 1991 to 2001 . She died of cancer on March 4, 2002. The writer's grave is in Mallin .
Works
- The way across the field , Roman, 1955
- Lene Bastian's story , short stories, 1956
- The long way , short stories, 1958
- Bread on a wooden bowl , Poems, 1959
- Elisabeth , short stories, 1960
- Rumpelstiltskin , radio play, 1960
- The apricot tree , children's book, 1960
- The wonder tree , children's book, 1960
- Der Spiegel , Stories, 1962
- The Gravedigger , novel, 1963
- The Adventures of Colonel Hendrygk , short story, 1963
- ... and they did love each other , Roman, 1966
- The lovers , novel, 1970
- The Green Salon , Roman, 1972
- Orenburg diary , travel report, 1977
- Magda Adomeit , Roman, 1985
- This is my life ... , narrative cycle, 1987
- After a very long winter. Selected stories 1956-1987 , Aufbau Verlag 1989, ISBN 3-351014-44-9
- The spirit fighter. 2 novels about Barlach , Aufbau Verlag 1990, ISBN 3-351002-31-9
- Since evening and morning touch each other The Webers and the Adomeits. A novel , Aufbau Verlag 1990, ISBN 3-351016-21-2
literature
- Meyer's pocket dictionary. GDR writer . Verlag VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1974, pp. 401f.
- Christian Krause: Neumann, Margarete . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Prices
- 1957: Heinrich Mann Prize
- 1962: Fritz Reuter Prize of the GDR
- 1977: Literature Prize of the Democratic Women's Association of Germany
- 1989: Art Prize of the Association of Mutual Farmers Aid
Web links
- Literature by and about Margarete Neumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Margarete Neumann in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Ebert : Today Margarete Neumann is sixty-five . In: Neues Deutschland , February 19, 1982, p. 4.
- ↑ DFD literature prize awarded in Berlin . In: Neues Deutschland from March 5, 1977
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumann, Margarete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pyritz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 2002 |
| Place of death | Rostock |