Richard Hey

Richard Hey receives the war blind radio play award (from left to right: Richard Hey, Konrad Adenauer , Hans Ludwig, Hermann Höcherl )

Heinz-Richard Hey (born May 15, 1926 in Bonn , † September 4, 2004 in Berlin ) was a German writer and radio play author .

Life

Awarding of the radio play award

Richard Hey was the eldest son of forensic doctor Rolf Hey . He grew up in Greifswald and Frankfurt am Main . After the end of the Second World War he studied music, history and German studies, albeit without completing the degree. Before starting his writing career, he worked as an assistant director and music critic .

Richard Hey is particularly well known for his crime novels and his radio play versions of the books Sophie's World and The Name of the Rose . One of his well-known series heroines is Berlin inspector Katharina Ledermacher . He also wrote numerous scripts and worked as a translator . a. the comedies of Eduardo De Filippo . From 1972 to 1978 he worked - together with Uwe Timm , Uwe Friesel and Hannelies Taschau - as publisher of the AutorEdition at Bertelsmann- Verlag.

1960: Gerhart Hauptmann Prize for The Fish with the Golden Dagger

1983: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for In the year 95 to Hiroshima

1997: Friedrich-Glauser-Preis der Criminale - category honorary award

Katharina Ledermacher crime novels:

1981: Fire beneath your feet , novel version of the crime scene crime thriller The man on the high seat

1982: In 95 to Hiroshima , SF novel

1986: Deadly relationships , crime stories

1990: An Imperfect Lover , Novel

1995: The Lion Tamer and other stories , crime stories

1999: The Bottomless Girl , novel

1953: November 19, 1828 (together with Heinrich Böll )
1955: Death of a non-swimmer
1956: Olga 17
1956: The Marquis of Marne (after Gilbert Keith Chesterton )
1961: Order wins
1965: Plea
1967: The Ballad of Iron John
1967: Chamber music in the evening
1970: Co-determination-determination-determination (together with Uwe Friesel )
1971: closing words. Monologue with music
1971: Christmas - also directing (radio play - SWR )
1972: All's well that ends well
1973: A love story (together with Lisa Kristwaldt )
1975: Andromeda in the blackberry bush
1975: Ballad about the occupation of a house
1976: Lisa Kristwaldt: Day of the Saleswoman - Direction with Lisa Kristwaldt ( Feature - NDR )
1978: The ant that waved the flag or Dr. John Federbaum's universe
1979: Martinsson's case
1979: Locked and locked (after Maj Sjöwall / Per Wahlöö )
1981: Schönau Castle or love and confidentiality. Photo novel for the radio
1985: Dr. John Federbaum's trip through the Federal Republic in August 2002 ...
1986: The name of the rose (after Umberto Eco )
1990: Kelsterbach's favorites
1992: The manager's flight through the stairwell
1992: family happiness

The sleeping beauty in formalin and other early memories. Ullstein, Munich 2003.

Irene Bayer: Lawyers and detectives as authors of the new German crime novel. Professional experience without consequences? A comparison of the crime novels by the lawyer Fred Breinersdorfer, the lawyer Stefan Murr and the detective Dieter Schenk with the crime novels by the authors Richard Hey, Felix Huby, -ky and Friedhelm Werremeier. Frankfurt am Main u. a .: Lang 1989. (= Hamburg contributions to German studies; 9) ISBN 3-8204-1454-1
Karin Tantow-Jung: "Watchdog and Fool". Social criticism in detective novels using the example of Richard Hey's works. St. Ingbert: Röhrig 1997. (= Saarbrücker contributions to literary studies; 57) ISBN 3-86110-153-X

Commons : Richard Hey - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

↑ ^a ^b Anja Kurstedt: The coroner Rolf Hey (1892-1940) - "Be more than seem". 2010, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 9-000905-6 (Dissertation, University of Greifswald, 2011), p. 15.

↑ Martin Hielscher: Uwe Timm. DTV, Munich 2007, p. 72.

personal data
SURNAME	Hey Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hey, Heinz-Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German crime writer and radio play author
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bonn
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 2004
Place of death	Berlin