Paul Kanut Schäfer

Paul Kanut Schäfer (born April 16, 1922 in Dresden ; † November 17, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German writer and screenwriter .

Life

Schäfer, son of the veterinarian and writer Kanut Schäfer , did military service from 1941 to 1945 after graduating from high school. From 1948 to 1951 he was an editor at the newspapers Junge Welt and Start, from 1957 to 1959 he studied at the Institute for Literature "Johannes R. Becher" in Leipzig. He became famous in the GDR with his novel Jadup , which served as a template for the DEFA film Jadup und Boel . He wrote the screenplay for the film The Ascent of Chimborazo together with Rainer Simon .

Works

Keep your cattle healthy! A small farmer's primer , illustrations by Günter Zock, German Farmers' Association, Berlin 1959, DNB 454298226 .

A boy sails around the world . Illustrations by Ernst Jazdzewski . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1961, DNB 454299087 .

Voyage of discovery with the Beagle, illustrations by Gerhard Preuss, Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1963, DNB 454299079 .

Jadup, the journey into hell of a hero of our days, along with the trick of looking into the right with the left eye, whereby the other senses are not neglected, especially the sixth. Roman, Der Morgen, Berlin 1975, DNB 750511958 .

New edition: Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-945980-42-2 pdf

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Paul Kanut Schäfer. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: A – O. Volume II: P-Z. Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 , p. 891.

personal data
SURNAME	Shepherd, Paul Kanut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	17th November 2016
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Paul Kanut Schäfer. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: A – O. Volume II: P-Z. Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 , p. 891.