Paul Wanner
Paul Wanner (born July 27, 1895 in Schwäbisch Hall , † April 5, 1990 in Stuttgart ) was a German writer who also wrote under the pseudonym Gerhard Osiander .
Life
Wanner wrote a large number of plays for open-air theaters in southern Germany, especially for the Schwäbisch Hall open-air theater in his hometown. Among his works there are comedies , as well as folk plays and dramas , as well as stories and poems.
Wanner first attended the Evangelical Seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren and later studied German, French, history and philosophy in Tübingen and Vienna . Until 1947 he taught as a secondary school teacher in Stuttgart, to devote himself exclusively to writing after that and the theater.
After a period of captivity by the French during the First World War , his play P. G. - Prisonier de la guerre was premiered at the Stuttgart State Theater in 1930 .
Wanner turned to the open-air theater from 1934 onwards, inspired by a commissioned work for the city of Giengen entitled Brennende Heimat , also because he hoped for less regulation by the National Socialists here. After initial successes with open-air plays, especially in Schwäbisch Hall, he worked as a guest director of the Neuenstadt open-air theater from the 1960s , for which he wrote other plays that were performed on many open-air theaters as far as northern Germany in the following years.
Works (selection)
Books
- My life story . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1990.
- Experiences and dreams - novellas and stories . JF Steinkopf Publishing House , Stuttgart, 1988.
- The most beautiful fairy tales - retold by Paul Wanner . Schreiber, Esslingen, 1987.
- The most beautiful children's stories . Schreiber, Esslingen, 1984.
The works The Most Beautiful Fairy Tales and The Most Beautiful Children's Stories have also been translated into other languages. He also wrote the introductory texts for 6 issues of the Esslinger Schreiber-Verlag for German lessons, which were published up to five editions: William Shakespeare , Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Friedrich Hölderlin , Heinrich von Kleist , Franz Grillparzer and Bertolt Brecht .
Stage plays (selection)
- PG (Prisoner of War) - "Prisonnier de Guerre" - , 1930
- Burning homeland , 1934
- Jedermann (revision) 1936
- The king arrives in 1936
- Builder of God - The Cathedral Builder - 1937
- The women of Schorndorf 1940
- The tailor from Ulm 1949
- The last day in 1955
- The violinist from Gmünd 1961
- Andreas Hofer 1962
- The Neuenstadter Herzogspiel - Fatime's last dance - 1963
- The Tübingen Treaty , 1964
- The Aalen Spy, 1964
- The blacksmith from Illingen in 1967
- Anna Büschlerin 1970
- Turandot 1980
- The Seven Swabians 1984
- The cold heart 1984
The year of creation is unknown for the following works:
- The women of Weinsberg - Swabian woman loyalty -
- The inn in the Spessart
- The Altweibermühle
- Swabian marriage carousel
- Clothes make the man
- Beggars in front of the cross - beggars for the empire -
- The Leonberger Landtag
- The Jewish beech
- The wrong father
- Robert Guiskard
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data after entry of Paul Wanner in the personal database of the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Compare the information in the catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ a b Carl Heinz Gräter about Paul Wanner (PDF; 53 kB)
- ^ Chronicle of the Neuenstadt open-air theater
- ↑ The Aalen Spy. Cheerful folk drama. Heidenheimer Naturtheater Heidenheimer Volksschauspiele 41st year of play, summer game 1964. by Wanner, Paul :: Heidenheim, CFRees, 19 x 13 cm, paperback - Göppinger Antiquariat. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
literature
- Paul Wanner: My life story. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-011028-4 ( Living Past. Volume 13)
- Hans Dieter Haller: Paul Wanner (1895 to 1990) in: Pegasus in the country - writers in Hohenlohe, Baier Verlag 2006, pp. 26–31
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Wanner in the catalog of the German National Library
- paulwanner.de - author homepage of Paul Wanner
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wanner, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Osiander, Gerhard (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |
DATE OF DEATH | April 5th 1990 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |