Ruth Greuner

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Ruth Greuner (born July 24, 1931 in Seehausen (Altmark) ) is a former writer , editor , editor, and journalist in the GDR . Above all, it documented “the anti-fascist work of bourgeois authors”.

Life

As the daughter of a waiter, she grew up with her grandmother in a rural area in the Altmark . After attending school in Leipzig, she completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacy assistant and then worked as a pharmacist's assistant. She attended evening school and took on functions within the FDJ . In 1949 she was delegated to the workers and farmers faculty . From 1952 to 1956 she studied German at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . She wrote her diploma thesis on René Schickele .

She moved to East Berlin in 1958 . From around 1958 to 1961 she worked as the head of the “Publications” sector in the Federal Secretariat of the German Cultural Association . She married Fritz Greuner's son Reinhard Greuner, who had headed the publishing house Die Wirtschaft since 1957, and became the mother of two sons. In addition to being a housewife, she began working as a freelance editor in 1959 and soon also as a freelance journalist and writer. She was also a member of the Secretariat of the Residential District Committee of the National Front . She published journalistic works in newspapers and magazines and edited publications on behalf of the German Cultural Association. In 1961 her first story was published, Die Brücke über der Main . In the 1970s, she also wrote book reviews , developed broadcasting features, and gave readings . In addition, she was commissioned to write literary reports. Her last work in 1990 was the publication and commentary on Maximilian Hardens journalistic portraits and essays for the Reclam-Verlag Leipzig .

Works

Own works

  • 1961: The bridge over the Main . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale).
  • 1962: Iatti's dream . Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, Berlin (children's book, illustrations by Gerhard Goßmann ; = The Little Trumpeter Books Volume 36).
  • 1963: [Together with Reinhart Greuner] I'm on the left ... Carl von Ossietzky on the spirit and the demons of the Weimar Republic . Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin.
  • 1965: Changes of the upright. Life picture Hellmut von Gerlachs . Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin.
  • 1969: opponent. Profiles of left-wing journalists from the German Empire and the Weimar Republic . Book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin.
  • 1976: From the plumpy pants devil . In: The world stage . Issue 52/1976 of December 28, 1976, pp. 1650-1651.
  • 1988: "I confess ..." Ruth Greuner on the life and work of Carl v. Ossietzkys . Verlag Die Weltbühne, Berlin (special edition Die Weltbühne ).

Editions with foreword or afterword

  • 1959: epilogue . In: The seeds are growing in the young country . Deutscher Kulturbund, Berlin, pp. 163–165.
  • 1960: Foreword . In: ... that Germany will never be the hearth of another war . Deutscher Kulturbund, Berlin, p. [5].
  • 1960: Comments on the selection . In: FC Weiskopf 1900–1955 . Deutscher Kulturbund, Berlin, pp. 210–211.
  • 1961: Foreword In: Chemistry - happiness in our hands . Deutscher Kulturbund, Berlin, p. 7.
  • 1964: To our selection . In: Republic, my fatherland. 15 years of the German Democratic Republic . Deutscher Kulturbund, Berlin, pp. 168–169.
  • 1971: Follow-up remarks . In: Berlin. Voices of a city. 99 authors - 100 years on the Spree . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 617–624.
  • 1974: In the fire of change . In: Alfons Goldschmidt. Great love - wide world or between Rio Bravo and Moskva. Travel and time pictures 1920–1940 . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 316–366.
  • 1975: Between tears and laughter. - For Henri (born 1956) . In: Time fuse in a stew. Antifascist satire 1933–1945 . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 319–335. (Excerpt also in: Die Weltbühne . Issue 41/1975 of October 14, 1975, pp. 1288–1290.)
  • 1976: Reflections on the "Widow Bosca" . In: René Schickele. The widow Bosca . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 353–370.
  • 1977: epilogue . In: Balder Olden. Heaven of the devil. Biographical and autobiographical. Writings and letters from exile . Rütten & Loening, Berlin, pp. 405-426.
  • 1978: News from the "bilingual border bird". Comments on the novel fragments from the estate . In: René Schickele. Grand'maman and The Prussian. Two fragments of the novel . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 322–333.
  • 1979: Between escape from the world and expectation of the world. Suggestions . In: The dream flute. Fairy tales, grotesques, legends and other unbelievable stories (1900–1945) . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 489–506.
  • 1980: Post Comment . In: René Schickele. Benkal, the comforter of women . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 139–153.
  • 1981: epilogue . In: Anton Kuh. Air lines. Features, essays and journalism . Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin, pp. 499-525. Also udT metaphysics and sausages. Features, essays and journalism . Diogenes Verlag, Zurich (= Diogenes-Taschenbuch 21455). ISBN 3-257-21455-3 .
  • 1981: epilogue . In: Balder Olden. Dawn of Darkness. Novel of a Nazi . Rütten & Loening, Berlin, pp. 237-266.
  • 1982: “That's why I die in exile”. Follow-up remarks . In: Armin T. Wegner. At the cross of the worlds. Poetry, prose, letters, autobiographies . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 407-460.
  • 1983: Maximilian Harden - Kaiserpanorama or polemics and foresight . In: Maximilian Harden. Kaiser panorama. Literary and political journalism . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 326–365.
  • 1983: epilogue . In: Friedrich Huch. Dreams. - New dreams. With 14 illustrations by Ernst Lewinger . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 137–176.
  • 1984: epilogue. For Dana and Bastian . In: Around the corner to paradise. Narrated childhood . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 436–451.
  • 1987: Berlin portrait. A biographical sketch . In: Sling (di Paul Felix Schlesinger ): The nose of the Sphinx or how we Berliners are. Features from the years 1921 to 1925 . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 225–242. ISBN 3-371-00064-8 .
  • 1989: Sling - the conscience of Moabit. Epilogue . In: Sling. The facade climber from the "Kaiserhof". Berlin criminal cases from the twenties . Verlag Das Neue Berlin, Berlin, pp. 323–336.
  • 1989: Follow-up remarks . In: Arthur Schnitzler. Anything can be seduction. Aphorisms, sayings and parables . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 119–132.
  • 1990: Follow-up remarks . In: Maximilian Harden. Portraits and essays . Reclam-Verlag, Leipzig, pp. 318–338.

Afterwords

  • 1972: epilogue . In: Until five past twelve, little mouse. Foray through satirical magazines from the Weimar Republic . Published by WU Schütte. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 251–263.
  • 1977: Between the small lakes. Comments on René Schickele's stories . In: René Schickele. The yellow house. Narratives . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin, pp. 212–223.

Quotes

Quote on Greuner's narrative style

“Ruth Greuner has a wealth of linguistic resources. She spreads them lavishly, one picture often kills the other. It is a deliberate, “beautiful” style that tempts contemplation and thus contradicts the spirit of the book that wants to activate. It seems that there is a connection between this dressing up and what is not clearly thought out. The feeling pushes the mind. "

- Werner Ilberg : New Germany , 1961

Quote on Greuner's editions

"With a sure eye for what is to be saved, always striving to combine literary quality and zeitgeist, Ruth Greuner has raised treasures of literature in her cautious, critical way."

- Anna-Luise Zimmermann : The Morning , 1980

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Horst Buder: Evidence of Resistance. Buchverlag Der Morgen with a wide range . In: New Time . No. 37/1983 . Berlin February 14, 1983, p. 4 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Coming soon in the lexicon? Portraits of young authors . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1961, Ruth Greuner, p. 28 .
  3. ^ A b c d e f Günter Albrecht, Kurt Böttcher, Herbert Greiner-Mai , Paul Günter Krohn : Lexicon of German-speaking writers from the beginning to the present . Ed .: Kurt Böttcher, Wolfgang Lehmann. 1st edition. Volume A-K. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1967, Greuner, p. 455 f . (corresponds to the 6th edition of the German Writer's Lexicon ).
  4. ↑ a b c The author . In: opponent. Profiles of left-wing journalists from the German Empire and the Weimar Republic . 1st edition. Der Morgen, Berlin 1969 (blurb).
  5. ↑ a b c d Anna-Luise Zimmermann: In search of treasures. Ruth Greuner, author, editor at the book publisher Der Morgen, places high demands on literature . In: The morning . Berlin June 20, 1980, “morning” talk for the weekend.
  6. ^ Addi Jacobi : Fritz Greuner. In: chemnitzgeschichte.de. Udo Thierfelder, accessed on December 22, 2017 (from: Stadtstreicher Chemnitz ).
  7. ↑ Heinz Sachs: Ruth Greuner gives the answer after 20 years . We introduce a young author. In: Berliner Zeitung . No. 61/1962 , March 2, 1962, Literature and Life, p. 6 .
  8. ^ Patrick Conley: Features and reports on radio in the GDR. Recordings from 1964-1991 . 2nd revised edition. Askylt Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-9807372-0-9 , 1970/1971, p. 37 and 40 ( [1] [PDF; 592 kB ; accessed on December 22, 2017]).
  9. ^ Romy Kupfer: Pin Gu experiences. The censorship in the Rudolstädter Greifenverlag . In: Siegfried Liokatis, Theresia Rost, Grit Steuer (Hrsg.): From the author to censorship files. Adventure in reading country GDR . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-110-1 , pp. 35–53 , here p. 42 .
  10. ↑ Werner Ilberg: The author and his characters . In: New Germany . No. 338/1961 , December 9, 1961, pp. 8 .
personal data
SURNAME Greuner, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, editor, editor and journalist in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Seehausen (Altmark)