Maria Seidemann

Maria Seidemann (born October 16, 1944 in Engelsdorf , Leipzig ; † September 7, 2010 in Lehnin ) was a German writer .

Life

Maria Seidemann completed a three-year apprenticeship as an archivist at a technical college in Potsdam after she had passed her matriculation examination at EOS Dresden-Süd in 1964 . After completing this training, she taught history at the Potsdam Technical School. At the same time, she was studying the same subject at Humboldt University by distance learning . From 1972 to 1973 she took part in a literature course at the Leipzig Institute for Literature "Johannes R. Becher" . This was followed by a brief activity as archivist at the State Film Archive of the GDR . From 1974 Maria Seidemann lived as a freelance writer in Potsdam.

Maria Seidemann made her debut as an author with poems, later stories and novels from everyday life in the GDR followed. Since the mid-1980s, the focus of her work has been on books for children and young people. In 1983, in the youth book Neunfinger , she dealt with the topic of life with a physical disability, which had been largely taboo in the GDR .

Maria Seidemann, who was a member of the GDR Writers' Association from 1981 and of the Association of German Writers from 1990 , received a. a. The following awards: 1982 the Debut Prize of the GDR Writers' Association , 1986 the Theodor Fontane Prize of the Potsdam district , 1989 the Alex Wedding Prize , 1990 the Buxtehuder Bullen and 1998 the Ehm Welk Literature Prize .

In 2004 she suffered a serious traffic accident. The subsequent examination also resulted in a diagnosis of breast cancer. On September 7, 2010, she died at the age of 65 from complications from cancer.

Works

• Pebbles , Berlin [a. a.] 1975 (together with Christa Müller and Reiner Putzger )
• The day Sir Henry died , Berlin 1980
• Nose flute , Berlin 1983
• Neunfinger , Berlin 1983
• The honey-yellow carriage , Berlin 1985
• The song from the Ahornbaum , Berlin 1985
• The made-up chameleon , Berlin 1986
• Rosalie , Berlin 1988
• A raft with a red sail , Berlin 1989
• The trip to Buxtehude , Buxtehude 1991
• A ghost is looking for a home , Würzburg 1994 (together with Barbara Moßmann)
• The little dragon on the mountain , Würzburg 1994 (together with Verena Ballhaus)
• I want to know - Dinosaurier , Würzburg 1994 (together with Hans G. Schellenberger)
• Bine and the blue witch , Würzburg 1995 (together with Birgit Rieger)
• A brother on probation , Munich 1995
• Holidays with Minka , Würzburg 1995
• My father is a Santa Claus , Leipzig 1995
• Mama has a baby , Würzburg 1996 (together with Birgit Rieger)
• On a Friday in May , Munich 1997
• Spilly, the river pirate , Würzburg 1997 (together with Ralf Butschkow )
• Teddy gets well , Würzburg 1997 (together with Hildegard Müller)
• Two strong friends , Würzburg 1997
• Big City Rap , Wuerzburg 1998
• Kathrin in der Stadt , Würzburg 1998 (together with Petra Probst)
• The little bear learns the ABC , Würzburg 1998 (together with Leontine Schmidt)
• Rosa Luxemberg and Leo Jogiches , Berlin 1998
• Patrick and the fire brigade , Würzburg 1999 (together with Katja Schubert)
• Pirate stories , Würzburg 1999 (together with Ralf Butschkow)
• A school cone for Anton , Würzburg 1999 (together with Jutta Garbert)
• Basti's greatest school day , Würzburg 2000 (together with Irmgard Paule)
• Holidays at the Weidenhof , Würzburg 2000
• The little bear and the numbers , Würzburg 2000 (together with Katja Schubert)
• Colorful ABC stories , Würzburg 2000 (together with Carola Holland)
• I want to know - Pyramiden und Pharaonen , Würzburg 2000 (together with Don-Oliver Matthies)
• The jungle book , Würzburg 2001
• Hütte and Stern , Neubrandenburg 2001
• Little Christmas ABC , Munich 2001 (together with Thomas Schallnau)
• Knight Kilian and the Wild Dragon , Würzburg 2001 (together with Don-Oliver Matthies)
• I want to know - Die Ritterburg , Würzburg 2001 (together with Peter Klauke)
• First ABC stories , Würzburg 2002 (together with Betina Gotzen-Beek)
• Gisbert the short-sighted , Munich 2002
• Der Kater im Flugzeug , Munich 2002 (together with Thomas Schallnau)
• I want to know - Life in the Middle Ages , Würzburg 2002
• Aladin and the magic lamp , Würzburg 2003
• Gisbert the clear-sighted , Munich 2003
• The little bear and the clock , Würzburg 2003 (together with Constanze Schargan)
• What does the hedgehog do in August? , Würzburg 2003 (together with Johannes Herbst)
• Heidi , Würzburg 2004
• Nils Holgersson , Würzburg 2004
• Pia and the graffiti ghosts , Munich 2004
• What does the hangover do at night? , Münster 2004 (together with Christa Unzner)
• I want to know - Ancient Egypt , Würzburg 2004
• The Wizard of Oz , Würzburg 2004
• On the way to Europe , Herbolzheim 2005
• Erik and the little mermaid , Würzburg 2005
• A start to school full of surprises , Würzburg 2005
• Our snowman is the best! , Würzburg 2006
• Pinocchio's Adventure , Würzburg 2006
• The knight's castle , Würzburg 2006
• The little magician Sim Salabim , Würzburg 2006
• Ancient Rome , Würzburg 2006
• Knight Robin and the Dragon Treasure , Würzburg 2007
• The wind in the pastures , Würzburg 2007
• Alice in Wonderland , Münster 2007
• Robin Hood , Würzburg 2008
• Santa Claus in hibernation , Halle 2008
• The hangover on the plane , Halle 2008
• Wiggle-tooth stories , Würzburg 2009
• Sindbads Adventure , Würzburg 2010
• The most beautiful ABC stories , Würzburg 2010
• The emperor's new clothes , Würzburg 2010
• The little bear learns the letters , Würzburg 2010
• Huckleberry Finns Adventure , Würzburg 2011
• Help for the little dolphin . Illustrations: Hans-Günther Döring Arena Verlag , Würzburg 2011
• The little Lord , Würzburg 2011
• In the footsteps of Romans, knights and pirates , Würzburg 2011
• Nils Holgersson , Würzburg 2012
• Heidi , Würzburg 2012
• A start to school full of surprises , Würzburg 2012
• The crow hunter , Halle 2012

Editing

• Winter forest and poinsettia , Würzburg 1997

literature

• Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Maria Seidemann, p. 100 f .

Web links

• Literature by and about Maria Seidemann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} In memory . In: Gymnasium Dresden-Plauen, annual report 2010/2011, p. 109 ff.
2. ↑ Heidi Jäger: Buried under leaves . In: Potsdam latest news . September 22, 2010 ( pnn.de ).