Ursula Wölfel

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Ursula Wölfel (born September 16, 1922 in Hamborn , today a district of Duisburg , † July 23, 2014 in Heidelberg ) was a German children's book author .

Life

Ursula Wölfel was the daughter of the conductor Karl Koethke , grew up in the Ruhr area as the youngest of four siblings and studied German, history, philosophy and psychology at the University of Heidelberg . In 1943 she married the architect Heinrich Wölfel, a year later her daughter Bettina was born. Her husband died in 1945 as a prisoner of war.

After the war she worked as a school helper. She then trained as a primary school teacher and was an assistant at the Pedagogical Institute in Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse . From 1951 to 1954 she studied German, art history and education at the University of Frankfurt . From 1955 to 1958 she taught as a special school teacher in Darmstadt and in the early 1960s she was an academic assistant to Klaus Doderer in the development phase of the Institute for Youth Book Research .

In 1959 her first children's book came out. From 1961 she lived as an author in the Odenwald and had been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 1972 .

Awards

Works (in selection)

Books

  • Hans in hapiness. The old fairy tale as a modern class game. 1959.
  • The red avenger. 1959.
  • Flying Star. 1959.
    • Completely revised edition: Fliegender Stern , with drawings by Heiner Rotfuchs, Otto Meier Verlag, Ravensburg 1973, ISBN 3-473-39002-X .
  • Sinchen behind the wall. 1960.
  • Fire shoe and wind sandal . 1961.
  • Moon, moon, moon. 1962.
  • Mr. Wendelin. 1963.
  • Julius. 1964.
  • Joschi's garden. 1965.
  • Wonderful things. My 1st reading book. 1966.
  • Twenty-seven soup stories. 1968.
  • Twenty-eight laughing stories. 1969.
  • The blue Wagilö. 1969.
  • The miracle gate. 1969.
  • The gray and the green fields. True stories. 1970.
  • Earth, our beautiful star. Illustrations by Štěpán Zavřel , Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 1971, ISBN 3-491-00323-7 .
  • Sixteen why-stories from the people. 1971.
  • Manuel lives next door. 1972.
  • You would be the Pienek. Game stories, game designs, game ideas. 1973.
  • Twenty-nine crazy stories. 1974.
  • A hodgepodge of stories. 1974.
  • The night bird. A story. 1975.
  • Thirty Stories from Aunt Mila 1977
  • A cage for the yellow bird. Children's theater piece, 1979.
  • Jacob who dreamed a potato mine. Retold from his life 1832–1854. 1980.
  • Brother Francis of Assisi. 1981.
  • Tiny stories. 1986.
  • From morning to evening. 1987.
  • Hanna's journey. 1989.
  • A house for everyone. 1991.
  • The lucky card. 1993.
  • About the magic hat and eleven other tiny stories. 1996.
  • About the apple house and eleven other tiny stories. 1996.
  • Morning child. Stories to read aloud. 1997.
  • The most beautiful Martin's light. 2003.
  • For whites only
  • The other kids
  • Flying Star. 2007.

Audio books

literature

  • Grit Günther: Topic: Problems of coping with life and possibilities of shaping life as an area of ​​experience for children and adults. Ursula Wölfel, The gray and the green fields, Beltz - & - Gelberg-TB 673; Grade 3-4. Beltz et al. Gelberg, Weinheim u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-407-99114-2 .
  • Anneli Kinzel: Literature card index for the children's book by Ursula Wölfel "Feuerschuh und Windsandale". Verlag an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2004, ISBN 3-86072-906-3 .
  • Stephanie Neumeister: Literature card index for Ursula Wölfel's “The Red Avenger”. Verlag an der Ruhr, Mülheim 1997, ISBN 3-86072-267-0 .
  • Martin Schleeh: Literature card index for Ursula Wölfel's “Joschi's Garden”. Verlag an der Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1996, ISBN 3-86072-215-8 .
  • Hans Weber: Flying Star. Topic Indians, growing up. Primary level 2nd / 3rd Class. Ravensburg Pedagogical Office, Ravensburg 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Wölfel. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1158, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
  2. ↑ Tilman Spreckelsen: In wilderness and security. faz.net, September 14, 2012, accessed July 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Homepage Ursula Wölfel /
  4. ^ Tilman Spreckelsen: Joschis Gärtnerin, On the death of the children's book author Usula Wölfel. In: FAZ No. 171 of July 26, 2014, page 10.
personal data
SURNAME Wölfel, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamborn
DATE OF DEATH 23rd July 2014
Place of death Heidelberg