Oliver Hassencamp

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Oliver Hassencamp (born May 10, 1921 in Rastatt ; † March 31, 1988 in Waging am See ) was a German cabaret artist , actor, and writer of young adult books and novels . His series of books for young people, Burg Schreckenstein, was particularly successful .

Life

Oliver Hassencamp attended the Schloss Salem boarding school until he graduated from high school . His talent was already evident in school. He staged plays he wrote himself , wrote poetry and founded a successful jazz band, King Oliver's Rhythm Band , and played the saxophone , clarinet and accordion . At the beginning of the Second World War , he was drafted at the age of 18 and seriously wounded in Russia .

In 1945 he began to study in Munich , then took acting lessons, got small roles in the Munich Kammerspiele and became assistant director to Erich Engel . Due to his talent for interpreting satirical texts, he became a member of the ensemble of the cabaret Die Schaubude . Together with the director Trude Kolman and Erich Kästner , he founded the political cabaret Die Kleine Freiheit in 1950 . In 1956 he was one of the founding members of the Munich laughing and shooting society . The name arose from his idea as a paragraph on guard and lock society .

After working for television and cinema productions, Hassencamp decided to just write, although he continued to appear as a film actor in a few small comedic roles. In 1959 his first novel, Confessions of a Furnished Gentleman , was published, a bestseller that was also made into a film. Novels, scripts, plays, documentaries and the libretto for an opera followed . His books for young people about the boarding school at Burg Schreckenstein were particularly successful . A total of 27 volumes were published, translated into English, Chinese, Thai, Dutch and Spanish.

Hassencamp suffered from walking difficulties due to a war injury, which made him a passionate cyclist. Accordingly, he also wrote screenplays for television films about the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France .

Since 1967 he was married to the author and director Eva Hassencamp , who died in 2012, and lived in Munich and in Chiemgau . He died in a traffic accident through no fault of his own near Waging am See in 1988 at the age of 66. His wife survived seriously injured.

Awards and honors

Works (in selection)

Schreckenstein Castle

This series of books describes the experiences and pranks of the residents of a boys' boarding school, which is housed in an old castle.

  • Volume 01: The Boys of Schreckenstein Castle , 1959 (later as: The Boys of Schreckenstein Castle )
  • Volume 02: There is a lot of fun on Schreckenstein , 1960
  • Volume 03: There is daily fun on Schreckenstein , 1966
  • Volume 04: Die Schreckensteiner on the run , 1969
  • Volume 05: The Riddle of Schreckenstein Castle , 1973
  • Volume 06: Two new ones at Schreckenstein Castle , 1975
  • Volume 07: Alarm at Schreckenstein Castle , 1976
  • Volume 08: Count Dracula on Horror Stone , 1977
  • Volume 09: Conspiracy at Schreckenstein Castle , 1977
  • Volume 10: Robbery at Schreckenstein Castle , 1978
  • Volume 11: The Castle Ghost of Schreckenstein , 1978
  • Volume 12: Spies at Schreckenstein Castle , 1979
  • Volume 13: 13 hits on Schreckenstein , 1979
  • Volume 14: Der Zauberer von Schreckenstein , 1979, as a Schneider book, Franz Schneider Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-505-08026-8 .
  • Volume 15: The knight drama von Schreckenstein , 1980
  • Volume 16: One to zero for Schreckenstein , 1981
  • Volume 17: Snoopers at Schreckenstein Castle , 1981
  • Volume 18: The Soldiers of Fortune from Schreckenstein , 1982
  • Volume 19: The horror tour of Schreckenstein , 1982
  • Volume 20: The Black Swan from Schreckenstein , 1983
  • Volume 21: Thick Air on Schreckenstein , 1983
  • Volume 22: The Phantom of Schreckenstein , 1984
  • Volume 23: Schreckenstein secret code , 1986
  • Volume 24: The colorful dog from Schreckenstein , 1987
  • Volume 25: The Schreckenstein sports competition , 1987
  • Volume 26: Schreckenstein Knight's Tournament , 1988
  • Volume 27: Whispers at Schreckenstein Castle , 1988

Between 2002 and 2004 Hörverlag produced the first six volumes of the Schreckenstein series as audio books (complete reading of the new editions, read by Rufus Beck ).

Florian

The three-volume series of tailors' books Florian deals with the experiences of a psychically gifted boy. The series has links to the Schreckenstein series, and Florian is even integrated into them later.

  • Volume 01: Florian the Ghost Seer , 1979
  • Volume 02: Florian on a ghost trip , 1980
  • Volume 03: Florian and the Haunted House , 1981

Novels and other works

  • Confessions of a Furnished Man , 1960
  • The right to the other , 1962
  • Say and Write , 1967
  • I love me , 1967
  • Libretto for the opera The Rules of Life (premiered in 1972 in the Gärtnerplatztheater Munich)
  • Findings of an Established Gentleman , 1972
  • The Breakfast Friend - a cheerful novel , 1975
  • Klipp & Klar , 1977
  • Confessions of a Graying Man , 1982
  • The Post War Victory - The Good Bad Time , 1983
  • Happy times. The turn of the miracle , 1984
  • The sense in nonsense - Catechism d. Nonsensology , 1985
  • 555 candied sentences: Aphorisms , 1987
  • Happy times. Entertaining memories of the time of the economic miracle , 1988
  • The good bad time. Memories of Back then , ed. 1999

Television documentaries

  • Bagpipes and Shivers, 1979
  • Capri without, 1980
  • Documentation about Eddy Merckx

Movies

literature

  • Gwendolyn von Ambesser : Show booth magic - history and stories of a legendary cabaret . Verlag Edition AV, Lich / Hessen 2006, ISBN 3-936049-68-8 .
  • Susanne Bestmann: Uninterrupted creativity with head and hands. On May 10th, Oliver Hassenkamp celebrated his 65th birthday. In: Börsenblatt for the German book trade . 42 = 153, 43, 1986, ISSN  0940-0044 , pp. 1619-1621.

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personal data
SURNAME Hassencamp, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist, actor and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastatt , Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1988
Place of death near Waging am See , Germany