Peter Brasch

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Peter Brasch (born September 18, 1955 in Cottbus , † June 28, 2001 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Life

Brasch comes from a family of German-Austrian communists with Jewish roots who emigrated to England in 1939 and returned to eastern Germany in 1946. His father Horst Brasch was a member of the Central Committee of the SED and u. a. Deputy GDR Minister of Culture. Peter Brasch was the brother of the writer Thomas Brasch , the actor Klaus Brasch and the radio journalist and writer Marion Brasch . He studied German language and literature in Leipzig until Wolf Biermann was expatriated . When he protested against his deportation, he was de-registered.

In the 1980s Brasch u. a. Dramaturge for radio in the GDR and wrote children's radio plays ; after 1989 he worked as a freelance writer. In 1999, Schönhausen, a picaresque novel , was published in which he used magical realism to tell of getting lost between two social systems.

On June 28, 2001, Peter Brasch was found dead in his apartment in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg .

Works (selection)

  • Rosalinde and 3 squires. , 1987 (world premiere at the Theater der Freund , Berlin)
  • Mr. Konnie and the clocks. Berlin 1988.
  • Flashbacks to tomorrow. Prose, poems, pieces, Berlin 1991.
  • Life course. Prose, poems, Berlin 1997.
  • Schön hausen , volume of prose, Berlin 1999
  • Status quo. Essays, sketches and portraits, Berlin 2002.

Radio plays

  • 1981: The wolf and Little Red Riding Hood in town. A traffic fairy tale. (Radio play - radio of the GDR)
  • 1984: Thomas Heise : Silent Village. (Narrator) - Director: Thomas Heise (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1985: Hans Fallada : The story of Mäuseken Wackelohr and the reformed rat. (Radio play - radio of the GDR)
  • 1987: Lothar Walsdorf : The midday woman. - Director: Peter Brasch (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1989: Brothers Grimm : The Golden Goose / Sixes Come Through The World. (Radio play - radio of the GDR)
  • 1989: Santerre - Director : Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)

literature

documentary

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Brasch died . In: The time . No. 28 , 2001 ( zeit.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Brasch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH cottbus
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 2001
Place of death Berlin