Ruth Geede
Ruth Geede - actually Ruth Vollmer-Rupprecht (born February 13, 1916 in Königsberg ; † April 17, 2018 in Hamburg ) was a writer and journalist by her birth and author name .
Life
After completing school, Geedes began working for the Reich broadcaster in Königsberg . There she worked as a freelancer and campaigned for the preservation of the East Prussian dialect .
After fleeing at the end of World War II , she started working again as a volunteer at the Lüneburger Landeszeitung , where she was employed until 1995. In addition, Ruth Geede ran her own press services and, since 1950, has been supplying the weekly Ostpreußenblatt (now the Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung ) with articles from East Prussia. There she wrote a column with the East Prussian family , with the help of which the war displaced persons were repeatedly brought together.
Services
Ruth Geede published her first texts at the age of 17. It was shaped by encounters with the East Prussian writer Agnes Miegel . At the age of 19, her first book with Low German stories was published.
Her work as a writer also included radio plays and stage plays, some of which were performed in the Ohnsorg Theater in Hamburg .
Honors
- In 1985 Ruth Geede was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon ,
- In 1991 she received the culture award of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft ,
- 2000 the Prussian shield , the highest award of the country team and
- 2015 the Königsberg Citizen Medal
Works
Books
- East Prussian stories z. For example: amber chains , simply wonderful , the Christmas family and others, Rautenberg-Verlag, Leer
- The carousel - motley children's yearbook , around 20 years from around 1950, Nordland-Druck GmbH, Lüneburg
- Red corals. Happy and contemplative things from home , with drawings by Erich Behrendt, 1st edition 1977, 2nd edition 1984, Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg, Leer (Volume VIII from the series East Prussian Mosaic )
- Wie Blätter im Wind , 1st edition 1981, Rautenberg-Verlag, Leer
- East Prussia - that's how we are - laugh on griene in a sack
- Typically East Prussian - cheerful and contemplative , 1985, Weidlich-Verlag, Würzburg
- Königsberg impressions
- Curonian legends
- Platt fairy tale
- other children's and cookbooks, amber, wedding and Christmas stories as well as a travel guide for the Lüneburg Heath
stories
- The Latin ointment
DVD / video
- From the life of an East Prussian (childhood - flight - new beginning), 2006, Leipzig
- Audio book
- Fairy Tales from the Amber Land , 2002, Litraton-Verlag, ISBN 3-89469-598-6
- Jule floats high above , 2003, Litraton-Verlag, ISBN 3-89469-727-X
Web links
- Literature by and about Ruth Geede in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manuela Rosenthal-Kappi: A long, not always easy way . Tireless to the end: On the death of Ruth Geede. Ed .: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 17/2018 . Hamburg April 27, 2018, p. 13 ( ostpreussen.de ).
- ↑ Ruth Geede: The Latin ointment. (PDF) In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung . February 14, 1976, p. 8 , accessed on April 26, 2018 (episode 7).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geede, Ruth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vollmer-Rupprecht, Ruth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th April 2018 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |