S. Fischer-Fabian

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Siegfried Fischer-Fabian , born Siegfried Fischer (born September 22, 1922 in Groß Salze ; † November 16, 2011 in Berg ) was a German non-fiction author and journalist .

Life

Siegfried Fischer was the son of the clarinetist Hermann Fischer. When his father received an engagement at the Berlin Philharmonic in 1928 , the family moved to Neukölln and around 1935 to Königsberg in East Prussia . After graduating from high school, Fischer was in the Reich Labor Service and then as a Wehrmacht soldier in the front line in the Soviet Union. After the war, Fischer lived in Staßfurt , where the family had fled. He began studying German , history , art history and theater studies , first at the Humboldt University in Berlin and later in Heidelberg . At the Free University of Berlin he finally completed his academic training with a doctorate on the subject: The inclusion of naturalistic theater in the German magazine press (1887-1893) as Dr. phil. 1953.

As a student, Fischer wrote small articles for the “Königsberger Allgemeine Zeitung”. In Berlin, after completing his studies, he initially wrote as a local editor for the “Neue Zeitung”, wrote theater reviews and articles for the “Schweizer Monatshefte”, and also worked for the radio. As a journalist, for example, he interviewed Shirley MacLaine .

From 1958 Siegfried Fischer worked as a writer. He wrote non-fiction, novels, and humor collections. He achieved the largest editions with the books:

  • The first Germans. The report on the mysterious Germanic people
  • The power of conscience. From Socrates to Sophie Scholl
  • About god and gold. Columbus discovers a new world
  • Alexander the dream of peace between peoples. such as
  • Charlemagne. The first European

The author S. Fischer-Fabian mainly dealt with historical topics and personalities in his books, which he tried to bring to the reader in an entertaining way. Fischer-Fabian's books have so far been translated into six languages.

Siegfried Fischer-Fabian last lived in Berg am Starnberger See and worked on his 48th book. This should appear under the title "You also appear in it" and contain his life memories. Fischer-Fabian was buried on November 22, 2011 in the Aufkirchen cemetery.

Fischer-Fabian had been married to his wife Ursula since 1950 and had sons Florian (business journalist, television presenter and book author) and Thomas with her .

Praise and criticism

"What Fischer-Fabian writes is ingenious, knowledgeable and has a reflective historical sensus."

- Peter Wapnewski : Blurb You changed the world. Pictures of life from German history

"But at least the attempt, the result of which Fischer-Fabian presents, cannot convince."

- Eckart Mensching : Caesar and the Germanic peoples in the 20th century. Remarks on the afterlife of the Bellum Gallicum in German-language texts . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1980, p. 61

“And even the prolific writer Fischer-Fabian cannot copy (copy) so quickly that chapters are not left unfinished in a hurry (like the one about Prince Heinrich ) or even quotations can be checked (this is how he confuses Clausewitz with the older Moltke ). "

- Library and information . Association of Librarians at Public Libraries . Volume 33, 1981, p. 974

"This is how Fischer-Fabian confuses Franz Mehring , the historian of the labor movement and Marx biographer, with Walter Mehring , the writer"

- New political literature. Volume 31, 1986, p. 328

Works

  • Siegfried Fischer: The inclusion of the naturalistic theater in the German magazine press (1887-1893) . Diss. FU Berlin 1953 (typescript)
  • Love began with Eva. A story book about love and marriage for people in love and those who have long been married . G. Stalling Oldenburg, Hamburg 1958.
  • Venus with a heart and a head. A declaration of love to the Berliner . Argon Verlag, Berlin 1959.
  • Do Berliners have to be like that. A commitment in portraits . Argon Verlag, Berlin 1960.
  • Berlin evergreen. Picture of a city in 16 portraits . Knaur, Munich 1960.
  • From happy living. Quelle prefabricated house primer . Edited with the collaboration of S. Fischer-Fabian. Quelle-Fertighaus-GmbH, Fürth / Bavaria 1963.
  • Hooray! We're building a house . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1965 (Series: Das Heyne Sachbuch 33)
  • Love in the snow. Almost a factual report . Stieglitz-Verlag Händle, Mühlacker 1965.
  • The riddle in you. The world of drives, dreams and complexes . With a foreword by S. Elhardt, Ullstein, Frankfurt / M., 1966 (Ullstein books no.592)
  • Germany can laugh from Bavaria, Berliners, Saxons and other Germans . Stieglitz-Verlag Händle, Mühlacker 1966.
  • Dream is all around the world. A report on the love of great poets Stieglitz-Verlag Händle, Mühlacker 1967.
  • The golden bed. Cheerful novel . Heyne, Munich 1970.
  • Treasures, explorers, adventurers. On a treasure hunt in our time . F. Schneider, Munich and Vienna 1972.
  • Europe can laugh. From the English, Swiss, Russians and other Europids . Ullstein, Frankfurt / Main 1972.
  • Beloved tyrants. A breviary for all cat lovers and those who want to become one . Lübbe Verlag 1973.
  • The first Germans. The report on the mysterious Germanic people . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1973.
  • Aphrodite is to blame for everything. A lightweight novel on a heavy topic, garnished with 15 surefire slimming recipes . Droemer-Knaur, Munich and Zurich (Knaur paperbacks 364)
  • Glorious times, the Germans and their empire. DBB, Stuttgart 1975.
  • Prussia's Gloria The rise of a state . Droemer-Knaur, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-85886-076-X .
  • The German Caesars. Triumph and tragedy of the emperors of the Middle Ages . Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Knaur, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-426-03606-1 .
  • The golden bed. A cheerful novel . Droemer-Knaur, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-426-00630-8 .
  • The coronation and death of the First Prussian King . History. Historical magazine. September / October 1980, Solothurn Historiographical Institute
  • Prussia's war and peace. The way to the German Reich . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-426-26043-3 .
  • A touch of bliss. The women of great poets . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-426-00793-2 .
  • Don't forget to laugh. The humor of the Germans . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-426-19063-X .
  • Wonderful times. The Germans and their Empire . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-426-26099-9 .
  • Judgment Day. The Germans in the late Middle Ages . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-426-26232-0 .
  • The power of conscience. From Socrates to Sophie Scholl . Verlag Droemer Knaur, Munich and Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-426-26310-6 .
  • About god and gold. Columbus discovers a new world . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-7857-0598-0 .
  • Alexander the dream of peace between peoples . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1994, ISBN 3-7857-0747-9 .
  • No tear for Apollo . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-12281-X .
  • Charlemagne. The first European . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1999, ISBN 3-7857-0940-4 .
  • They changed the world. Pictures of life from German history . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2002, ISBN 3-7857-2101-3 .
  • They transformed the world. Life pictures of famous German women . Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-64233-5 .
  • Knight death and the devil. The Germans in the late Middle Ages . Bastei-Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2004, ISBN 978-3-404-64204-5 .

literature

  • S. Fischer Fabian. His way… . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1982

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Source Munzinger archive .
  2. ^ Source Munzinger archive
  3. ^ "Two horns on the head" , review of October 10, 1975 by Gerhard Prause on Zeit Online .
  4. ↑ Blurb: They changed the world .
  5. ↑ Blurb They changed the world : "Not only in Germany, but also in the USA, England, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Estonia and especially in Japan it found a large readership."
  6. ↑ Literatur-Nachrichten: Historien-author Siegfried Fischer-Fabian turns 85 ( Memento of the original from December 8th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.monstersandcritics.de
  7. ^ Obituaries in: Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 19, 2011.
  8. ↑ Wonderful times? , Review of February 10, 1984 by Helmut Trotnow on Zeit Online
  9. ↑ Small Festschrift for the writer Siegfried Fischer (born 1922 in Bad Elmen near Magdeburg), who mainly wrote books on popular and cultural history under the pseudonym S. Fischer-Fabian: “Our small Festschrift tells of his path, of his detours, and what the critics, the friends and himself have to say about it. ”(Supplement 'One of the 22nd year' of the publisher). - With an overview of the life of Friedrich Carl Piepenburg, texts by S. Fischer-Fabian, reviews and facsimile letters from Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Golo Mann, Valérie von Martens-Goetz, Louis Ferdinand von Prussia, Lore Lorenz and others. a .; on the last page the poem 'Der Bau' by Eugen Roth.
personal data
SURNAME Fischer-Fabian, S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer-Fabian, Siegfried (full name); Fischer, Siegfried (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German non-fiction author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Big salts
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2011
Place of death mountain