Rudi Strahl

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Rudi Strahl on May 6, 1987 in East Berlin (from left to right: Gerhard Henniger , Hermann Kant , Stephan Hermlin , Rudi Strahl, Hans Weber , Joachim Nowotny and Jurij Brězan )

Rudi Strahl (born September 14, 1931 in Stettin ; † May 4, 2001 in Berlin ) was a German playwright , storyteller and poet . He was one of the most played playwrights in the GDR .

Life and work

The son of a locksmith moved to the Soviet occupation zone in 1948 . His mother's name was Emilie Anna L. Strahl (1902–1981), his father Rudolf Strahl (1900–1944). From 1950 he belonged to the People's Police , later to the Barracked People's Police , and attended an officers' school . His military service lasted eight years, when he left in 1959 he was first lieutenant in the NVA . During this period of service he worked for the publishing house of the Ministry of National Defense . In 1956 he married Alice Strahl, with whom he was married until his death. Rudi Strahl had two sons, Bob Strahl (1959–1997), also a writer, Stefan Strahl (* 1969), who makes music, and two brothers: Harry Strahl (1924–1945 (?)) And Manfred Strahl (1940–2000).

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With Sturm auf Stollberg he published his first short story in 1955 . In 1957/58 he attended the literature institute "Johannes R. Becher" . From 1959 to 1961 he was an editor at the satirical magazine " Eulenspiegel ". He then worked freelance in Berlin. In 1973 he became a member of the GDR Writers' Association , of which he was a member from 1978 onwards. He became a member of the PEN Center of the GDR in 1980. His grave is in the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin.

His books reached a total circulation of around 4.6 million copies, the stage plays over 560 productions. Rudi Strahl's works have been translated into 26 languages. He wrote scripts for numerous movies and television plays. His youth book Du und Ich und Klein-Paris , published by the Berlin publishing house Neues Leben , was also made into a film by DEFA in 1970 . His piece He is back became the basis of a self-creative adaptation by Peter Hacks under the title Barby . Rudi Strahl's relationship to the reality of real socialism was that of a critical GDR patriot who - especially as a comedy play poet - believes in the changeability of conditions and wants to convey this belief in a cheerful way, but his pieces also show deficiencies in the system and moral-political problems an affluent society. "Alone: ​​the cheerfully admonishing look of the" winner "wanders through everyday socialist life without profound irritation."

Awards

Works (selection)

Dramas:

  • 1969: In the matter of Adam and Eve
  • 1971: Do another thing
  • 1971: The Croesus of Wolkenau
  • 1973: No people, no people
  • 1975: A crazy smell of fresh hay
  • 1979: Arno Prinz von Wolkenstein or Kader decide everything
  • 1980: he's back
  • 1983: In front of everyone
  • 1990: It was the lark
  • 1995: A strange saint or a crazy smell from Bibernell

Scripts:

Radio plays:

  • 1970: In the matter of Adam and Eve
  • 1973: Adam and Eve and no end
  • 1974: Clarification of a matter
  • 1976: Later marriage not excluded
  • 1978: The funeral speech
  • 1982: Happy Holidays
  • 1986: There instead of here
  • 1987: Household liquidation
  • 1987: That little water too much
  • 1987: Put it to the test
  • 1989: Crab tails in dill sauce
  • 1989: crisis management
  • 1991: So far and what next? 0: Look, Micki: Dicki is sleeping
  • 1992: You want to have a little fun too (ORB)

Children's books:

  • 1963: Sandman on the lighthouse island with illustrations by Eberhard Binder
  • 1964: Circus Tusch with illustrations by Bernhard Nast; The children's book publisher, Berlin DNB 454917562
  • 1969: Robinson im Müggelwald with illustrations by Eberhard Binder

Lyric:

  • 1973: With a thousand kisses with illustrations by Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt ; Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 5th edition
  • 1974: forever and three days. Poems with illustrations by Louis Rauwolf ; Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 3rd edition
  • 1976: From moment to moment. Cheerful verses and scenic miniatures with illustrations by Eberhard Binder-Staßfurt ; Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin
  • 1981: A spiral staircase into the blue sky along with other things. New and used poems with an introduction by John Erpenbeck and illustrations by Karl-Heinz Appelmann

Satire:

  • 1966 You can't rely on a happy ending with illustrations by Werner Klemke
  • 1969 From person to person. A colorful hodgepodge of verses and prose with illustrations by Karl-Georg Hirsch
  • 1984 People, masks, mimes in little prose, verse and scene

Audio book:

  • 2002 A Schlitzohr from Cotta Rudi Strahl reads stories and poems, CD, Eulenspiegel-Verlag, ISBN 978-3359010517

literature

  • Bernd-Rainer Barth :  Strahl, Rudi . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  • Klaus Siebenhaar: "The friendly look at the contradictions". Popular play tradition and realism in the GDR drama . In: Ulrich Profitlich (Ed.): Dramatik der DDR, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt / M. 1987, pp. 375-396
  • Gottfried Fischborn , Wolfgang Kröplin: Interview with Rudi Strahl , in: Weimar Contributions 9/1981, pp. 74–85
  • Gottfried Fischborn: Rudi Strahl's folk comedies , in: Weimar Contributions 9/1981, pp. 86–97
  • Gottfried Fischborn: The secret dictator or Rudi Strahl's laughing theater, essay, in: Strahl: Lustspiele, one-act plays and scenic miniatures , Henschelverlag: Berlin 1985, pp. 547-562, DNB (Leipzig) 1985 A 11824
  • Gottfried Fischborn:: ... to be a dear God. Serious remarks on cheerful plays by Rudi Strahl , in: Theater der Zeit 7/1974, pp. 11-13
  • Gottfried Fischborn: Barriers to Rudi Strahl? in: Sonntag 34/27 (1980)
  • Peter Reichel: My people, my people. On the position of the author of Rudi Strahl , in: Theater der Zeit 8/1982, pp. 59–61

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Smoltczyk : Herbert's Ashes . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 2003, p. 51 ( online - 21 July 2003 ). Quote: "[...] Rudi Strahl, a writer, on whose tombstone it is written: 'Let's start the next revolution in August'." ( Photo from April 9, 2007)
  2. ↑ "And then I decided to become a writer" - Rudi Strahl on life and work in conversation with Bert Koß , radio portrait (US: MDR September 13, 2001)
  3. ↑ Klaus Siebenhaar: "The friendly view of contradictions ...". Popular play tradition and realism in the GDR drama , in: Ulrich Profitlich (Ed.): Dramatik der DDR Suhrkamp: Frankfurt / M. 1987, p. 396
personal data
SURNAME Ray, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German playwright, storyteller and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2001
Place of death Berlin