Paul Barz

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Paul Barz (born August 28, 1943 in Leslau / Włocławek ; † June 5, 2013 in Wentorf near Hamburg ) was a German writer and journalist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Hamburg and completing an apprenticeship as a publishing company, Barz worked as an editor for Westermanns Monatshefte until 1981 . Since 1981 he has worked as a freelance writer and journalist. He wrote for Die Welt am Sonntag , the Hamburger Abendblatt and the Westdeutsche Zeitung , among others . As a writer he became known through radio plays , non-fiction books and biographies . With books such as The True Schimmelreiter and Storm in Schleswig-Holstein , he proved to be an excellent expert on Theodor Storm , whose Schimmelreiter he dramatized in 1998 for a production by the Ohnsorg Theater . As a playwright, Paul Barz had an international success , especially with Possible Encounter (premiered in Berlin 1985 with Ernst Schröder and Martin Held ), the fictional meeting between Bach and Handel . To date, the play has been shown in over one hundred and twenty productions, translated into fourteen languages and has been part of the repertoire for years in Warsaw and at the Moscow Art Theater . Likewise, a global success in over a dozen languages, the radio version of the Possibilities of a great moment .

Works

Books

  • The people of Versailles. Biography of a castle. 1973. New edition 1980
  • Henry the Lion. Biography. 1977. New edition 1987
  • Götz Friedrich. Adventure musical theater. 1978
  • Motif story. Famous paintings and famous events. 1981
  • The real Schimmelreiter. History of a landscape and its poet Theodor Storm. 1982. New edition 2000
  • Tsar and carpenter. Opera for children. 1982
  • Bach Handel Schütz. Master of baroque music. 1984
  • Doctor Struensee. Rebel from above. 1985 (translated into Danish)
  • Theodor Storm and Schleswig-Holstein. 1988
  • People on Sylt. 1988
  • My northern Germany. 1993
  • Theodor Storm. Wanderer against time and the world. Biography. Structure publisher 2004
  • The opponents. Friedrich Barbarossa and Heinrich the Lion. Lübbe Verlag 2005
  • Mozart. Prince and Papageno. A biographical novel. "Premium" series DTV 2005
  • I am Bonhoeffer. Novel of a believable life. Gütersloh publishing house 2006
  • Christopher Columbus. Monograph. April 2006
  • Henry the Lion. His life and his time. Munich 2008
  • Handel. Novel biography. Gütersloh 2008
  • Baltic autumn. A family in the east. Reinbek 2013

Theater (selection)

  • Possible encounter, premiere: Berlin 1985
  • The true Störtebeker, UA: Hamburg 1986
  • You should never question me, UA: Hamburg 1986
  • The butler is always the killer (based on E. Wallace), premiere: Stuttgart 1988
  • Karoline last act, premiere: Celle 1992 (commissioned by the city of Celle)
  • Der Schimmelreiter (based on Storm), WP: Hamburg 1998
  • Oops, now comes Hans! Hans Albers evening with Jasper Vogt, 1999
  • I'm a star. Musical based on an idea by B. Waldmann, WP: Tour 2000/2001
  • Dall meets Albers. Take me with you, captain. Hans Albers evening with Karl Dall, 2002
  • La Paloma ade, WP: Hamburg 2003
  • The Flying Dutchman (based on Richard Wagner), premiere: Hamburg 2006
  • Viva Verdi, WP: Czech Republic 2006
  • A house made to measure. Premiere Bensheim 2012
  • Uncle Max. WP free
  • Double diva. A game about an encounter between Zarah Leander and Marlene Dietrich. WP free

Broadcast work

  • Requiem for Josephine, radio play, 1967
  • The Black Villa, radio play, 1969
  • The move in, radio play, 1969
  • Laudation, radio play, 1970
  • The followers, radio play, 1971
  • Live with Francesco, radio narration, 1971
  • Das Wolfsspiel, radio play, 1972
  • The Vampire Report, radio play, 1973
  • Great fun, radio play, 1974
  • Oblonski in front of the door, radio play, 1974
  • Pest control, radio play, 1975
  • Thoughts of Murder, radio play, 1976
  • Traffic jam, radio play, 1976
  • Schreckmümpfeli, short radio play series, from 1976
  • Die Kümmerin, radio play, 1977
  • You won't hear from me !, radio play, 1978
  • MacGuffin, radio play, 1979
  • One woman alone, short radio play series, from 1979
  • The failed ward, radio play, 1980
  • The Sicilian Vespers, radio play, 1981
  • Train journey Hademarschen / Husum, radio play, 1983
  • Possibilities of a great moment, radio play, 1985
  • Revenge for Störtebeker, radio play, 1986
  • Grail Tale, radio play, 1986
  • Savior of the Queen, radio play, 1989
  • Viva Verdi !, radio play, 1991
  • Just or the soldiers' luck, radio play, 1994
  • Bomb Roll, radio play, 1997
  • Abendschein am Wolfgangsee, radio play, 1999
  • Eternal hunting grounds. Radio play, NDR 2003
  • Der Schimmelreiter (after Storm), NDR 2005
  • Title defense, WDR 2005
  • Big Brother Fritz, a radio play about Frederick the Great and his brother Heinrich, RBB 2012

As editor

  • Dare another life. 2000 years of alternative forms of existence. 1984
  • Where the muses freeze. 20 North German artist biographies. 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.paul-barz.de/leben.html
personal data
SURNAME Barz, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Leslau / Włocławek
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 2013
Place of death Wentorf near Hamburg