Rudolf Fischer (writer)

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The writers Wolfgang Schreyer (left), Franz Fühmann (center) and Rudolf Fischer , who were awarded the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1956 .

Rudolf Fischer (born March 6, 1901 in Dresden ; † June 4, 1957 there ) was a German writer .

Life

Rudolf Fischer came from a working class family. After he had passed the school leaving examination in 1921 , he worked as a commercial clerk. He became unemployed and later worked as a postman . Since the Second World War, Fischer suffered from health problems that persisted in the post-war period. He began to write stories and received support from government agencies in the GDR . In 1952 he worked as a cutter in the Zwickau hard coal mining industry . In 1956 he received the Heinrich Mann Prize . Fischer died in Dresden in 1957 and was buried in the St. Pauli cemetery .

Rudolf Fischer was best known for his novel Martin Hoop IV , a work of socialist realism highly praised by the GDR critics , in which the authentic case of a firedamp catastrophe triggered by sabotage in the Zwickau mining district from 1952 and its consequences are described.

Works

  • Martin Hoop IV , Berlin 1955
  • On the trail of the unknown , Berlin 1956

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personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 4th 1957
Place of death Dresden