Siegfried Mrotzek

Siegfried Mrotzek ; also Sigi Mrotzek (* 29. March 1930 in Stolp , Pomerania , † 2000 ) was a German writer and translator .

Life

Siegfried Mrotzek attended elementary school from 1936 and a middle school from 1940 to 1944 , which he had to drop out of because of the war. After the end of the Second World War , he lived as a farmhand on an East Prussian farm . He moved to West Germany and began an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic in Hamburg in 1947 . He completed his apprenticeship with the skilled worker examination to become a lathe operator . From 1951 to 1953 he carried out various activities for the British and American troops in Mönchengladbach and Kaiserslautern , and from 1954 to 1957 he worked as a lathe operator in Wetter on the Ruhr .

In 1957 Siegfried Mrotzek emigrated to Canada , where he again carried out various activities, including a. in railway construction and uranium mining . He temporarily belonged to the editorial staff of a German newspaper in Edmonton ( Alberta ) and toured Canada and the United States by hitchhiking . In 1961 he returned to Germany .

From 1961 to 1965 Mrotzek worked as a technical employee in Wetter an der Ruhr . From 1966 to 1969 he held in Amsterdam , where he Dutch learned and began Dutch authors to translate . In 1973 he returned to Germany and worked as a copywriter and freelance translator . He lived in Herdecke and from 1997 in Dragun ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

Siegfried Mrotzek wrote short stories and epigrams and translated fiction for children, young people and adults as well as non-fiction books from Dutch and English into German . He was a member of the Association of German Writers . In 1988 the work "Then just with violence", translated by Mrotzek, was awarded the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize by Jan F. de Zanger .

Works

• Kleinholz , Fischerhude 1979
• Dutch literature in German translation , Bonn 1987 (together with Murk Salverda and Carl Peter Baudisch)

Translations

• Hester Albach : The debut. A healthy relationship , Wiesbaden [u. a.] 1977
• Johan Ballegeer : privateer captain Jan Bart , Kevelaer 1993
• Johan Ballegeer: No girl on board! , Kevelaer 1990
• Thea Beckman : The secret of the alchemist , Stuttgart 1995
• Thea Beckman: Give me the reins! , Stuttgart 1983
• Thea Beckman: The golden dagger , Stuttgart 1991
• Thea Beckman: Karen Simon's daughter , Stuttgart 1986
• Thea Beckman: Children of Mother Earth , Stuttgart 1996
• Thea Beckman: Matthis der Herold , Stuttgart 1984
• Thea Beckman: City in the Storm , Stuttgart 1988
• Thea Beckman: Under a Happy Star , Stuttgart 1985
• Raymond Charles Marie de Belser : Golden Ophelia , Wiesbaden [u. a.] 1980
• Paul Biegel : Spring . Hase, Würzburg 1984
• Paul Biegel: The Red Princess , Munich 1988
• Paul Biegel: The Black Widow , Würzburg 1986
• Arie Boogert : When children are dying , Stuttgart 1986
• Maria Albertha Bouhuys : A boat in the cornfield , Munich 1980
• Eve Bunting : Will you stay if I ask? , Kevelaer 1985 (translated together with Ursula Philipp)
• Gaston van Camp : Torkel the Vikings , Kevelaer 1989
• Marita De Sterck : Faith has many names , Munich 1997
• Miep Diekmann : Tell me! , Ravensburg 1980
• Miep Diekmann: Two times of life , Neunkirchen in the Odenwald 1976
• Helmut Dirnaichner : The Light and the Difficult , Nuremberg 1993 (translated together with Christine Dirnaichner)
• Adriaan van Dis : Nathan Sid , Munich [u. a.] 1996
• Peter van Gestel : Mariken , Munich 1998
• Els de Groen : The other side of the street , Munich 1986
• Els de Groen: House without a roof , Munich 1996
• Evert Hartman : Mattanja , Würzburg 1990
• Evert Hartman: Mattanya's dream of peace , Würzburg 1991
• Veronica Hazelhoff : Nightshade , Bindlach 1991
• Frank Herzen : Son of the Red Flame , Würzburg 1991
• Jan Kruis : Ulli, Ulla and the children , Rastatt. 3 volumes, 1980
• Paul Kustermans : The Longest Way , Kevelaer 1986
• Paul Kustermans: The Legion in the Trap , Kevelaer 1991
• Paul Kustermans: Timu's Long Escape , Kevelaer 1988
• Sjoerd Leiker : Scouts against Attila , Modautal-Neunkirchen 1983
• Alfred Leutscher : Earth , Aarau [u. a.] 1983
• Alfred Leutscher: Water , Aarau [u. a.] 1983
• David Lloyd : Luft , Aarau [u. a.] 1983
• Koos Meinderts : Der Leckerladen von Siebenwasser , Munich 1998
• Jean Merrill : The war of the hijackers , Dortmund 1981
• Harry Mulisch : Two women , Wiesbaden [u. a.] 1980
• Leo Musch : Practical information for the oil painter's studio , Ravensburg 1982
• Anne Provoost : Tears are to the eyes what the rainbow is to the sky , Kevelaer 1992
• Ton van Reen : Die Bockreiter or Escape from the Gallows , Kevelaer 1987
• Wanda Reisel : The Blue Hour , Berlin 1991
• John Satchwell : Fire , Aarau [u. a.] 1983
• Willy Schuyesmans : Adieu, Benjamin , Munich 1997
• Paul Snoek : Poem written with silence , Wiesbaden [u. a.] 1976
• Jennine Staring : The old garden and Tanja's mysterious friends , Stuttgart 1992
• Karel Verleyen : Bertus and the Decoy , Aschaffenburg 1976
• Diet Verschoor : Jule Wolkengucker , Würzburg 1992
• Diet Verschoor: A girl like Tessa , Würzburg 1988
• Simone van der Vlugt : Amelie , Munich 2002
• Simone van der Vlugt: Paris, 1789 , Munich 2000
• Simone van der Vlugt: Pirat und Ehrenmann , Munich 1999
• Simone van der Vlugt: Sandrine , Munich 2002
• Tonny Vos-Dahmen from Buchholz : The flaming necklace , Munich 1995
• Tonny Vos-Dahmen von Buchholz: The Comet from Samos , Stuttgart 1997
• Gijs Wanders : Bird Free Friends , Würzburg 1989
• Clifford Wells : Adventure in Atalan , Dortmund 1980
• Jan van Welzen : 200 color ducatips , Munich 1978
• Jan Wolkers : The peach of immortality , Bochum 1985
• Jan Wolkers: Turkish fruits , Cologne 1975
• Jan Wolkers: Back to Oegstgeest , Cologne 1979 (translated under the name Sigi Mrotzek)
• Jan F. de Zanger : Different than in his dreams , Weinheim 1997
• Jan de Zanger | Jan F. de Zanger: Then just by force , Kevelaer 1987
• Jan de Zanger | Jan F. de Zanger: For half a bag of drops , Kevelaer 1985

Web links

• Siegfried Mrotzek in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Article about Siegfried Mrotzek in the "Ruhr-Nachrichten" from 1982

Individual evidence

1. ↑ He died during a trip through Westphalia in autumn 2000, according to the lexicon of Westphalian authors