Rudolf Herfurtner
Rudolf Herfurtner (born October 19, 1947 in Wasserburg am Inn ) is a German writer .
Life
Herfurtner graduated from the Luitpold-Oberrealschule in Wasserburg. After the death of his parents in 1965, he moved to Munich . There he studied German , English and theater studies from 1968 and graduated in 1975 with a Magister Artium . While still a student, Herfurtner contributed articles to the features section of a Munich daily newspaper and began a traineeship with the television division of Bavarian Radio . In 1973 the Ravensburger Buchverlag published Herfurtner's first book Hinter dem Paradies .
Herfurtner mainly writes young people's literature ( short stories , young people's novels , plays , radio plays and television contributions).
Awards
- 1981 Award of the City of Munich
- 1985 Hans im Glück Award for The End of the Plum Trees
- 1990 Prize of Bookworms for Human Rabbits
- 1993 Terre des Hommes Children's Radio Play Prize for Motzarella and the Christmas Wolves
- 1994 “Moritz”, prize of the 9th workshop days , hall for Der Nibeljunge
- 1996 German Children's Theater Prize for Forest Children
- 2000 Prize of the Bavarian Theater Days for Spatz Fritz
- 2001 La vache qui lit
- 2001 Hansjörg Martin Prize of the “Authors' Group in German-Language Crime Literature” - The Syndicate for Milo and the Hunt for the Green-Haired Girl
- 2002 Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature eV Volkach
- 2005 read Peter March for Tim's wondrous star journey
- 2012 Golden Spatz for the best screenplay by Tom and Hacke
Works (in selection)
- Burning guitar. Is Jimi Hendrix Really Dead? , Novel, 1980
- Hard Rock , Roman, 1981
- Simon Fraser's Long Journey to the Pacific , novel, 1981
- Behind Paradise , 1983
- Captain Erwin sails to Chocolate Island , 1984
- Rita, Rita , short story, 1984
- Favorite painting of all time , 1985
- The end of the plum trees? A novella , 1985
- The forest under the roof , 1985
- Regula is cycling around. A picture book (pictures by Michael Keller), 1986
- The pigeon girl , 1987
- Hooray, we're moving (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- We're in Kindergarten (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- Hooray, we're having a children's party (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- Having a Baby (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- We Go to the Dentist (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- We're Going to the Hospital (illustrated by Stephen Cartwright), 1987
- Rosalind's Elefant and Rudi Rudi wool blanket (illustrated by Reinhard Michl ), 1988
- Gloria von Jaxtberg or the princess from the Pfandlhof (pictures by Reinhard Michl), 1988
- The Christ Child flies around the house , 1988
- Effervescent powder. Stories from the 50s , 1989
- Human rabbit , 1990
- Wonder years. Hanna's story , 1991
- The Nibel Boy , play, 1992
- Motzarella and the Christmas Wolves (pictures by Werner Blaebst), 1992
- Papa, you should come (pictures by Reinhard Michl), 1992
- Motzarella and the birthday dragon (pictures by Werner Blaebst), 1993
- Dear useless , 1993
- Little tomcat - big world , 1995
- Kind regards, your Coco , 1995
- Shell Child , 1995
- Robert drives to school on the bus , 1997
- Tear and meikk. With wild swans through the night , 1997
- Gumpert Blubb (pictures by Reinhard Michl), 1997
- Forest children (pictures by Antoni Boratyński), 1997
- The watertight Willibald (illustrated by Barbara Schumann), 1997
- Niki and the little dog (pictures by Eva Czerwenka), 1998
- Niki is saved. A dog story (pictures by Eva Czerwenka), 1998
- Thunderstorm, Robert! , 1998
- Joseph and his sister. A piece from the Bible in 3 acts , 1998
- Milo and the Hunt for the Green Haired Girl , 2000
- Rosa (pictures by Reinhard Michl), 2001
- Zanki fringe ear. A cat story from Greece , children's play, 2001
- A song sleeps in all things. Music stories , 2002
- Tim's wondrous journey through the stars (pictures by Julian Jusim), 2004
- The Secret of Wolfenstein Castle , 2004
- Without music, everything is nothing , 2011
- The Gift of the White Horse , 2011
- Magdalena Himmelstürmerin , 2013
Filmography (screenplay)
- 1985: Rita Rita
- 1989: Rosalind's elephant
- 1991: Wonder Years
- 2007: Toni Goldwascher
- 2011: The Eisenhans
- 2012: Tom and Hacke
Radio plays
- 2009: Orphea and the sound magician - director: Leonhard Huber (children's radio play, 2 parts - Igel Records / BR )
literature
- Ulrike Bischof, Horst Heidtmann: “Die Sehnsucht der Bärin” or Rudolf Herfurtner as a “classic” of German children's theater? Notes on Herfurtner's play “Der Nibeljunge”. In: Contributions to youth literature and media, Weinheim, 48 (1996), 2, pp. 90–95.
- Ursula Bold: all-rounder with substance. Rudolf Herfurtner is 50 years old. In: Eselsohr , Munich 1997, 10, pp. 36–37.
- Malte Dahrendorf: Comments on Rudolf Herfurtner's work. In: Contributions to youth literature and the media. Weinheim, 48 (1996), 2, pp. 96-98.
- Gunter Reiß (Ed.): Theater and music for children. Contributions and sources on Herfurtner, Hiller, Ponsioen, Schwaen, on children's drama and puppet theater. et al. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2001 (= children and youth culture, literature and media, vol. 12) ISBN 3-631-34484-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Herfurtner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rudolf Herfurtner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Herfurtner in a portrait conversation (mp3; 33.59 MB) , BR series "1zu1" from September 18, 2012, accessed October 6, 2012
Individual references, footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herfurtner, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasserburg am Inn |