Walter Adamson
Walter Adamson (born May 4, 1911 in Königsberg i. Pr .; † December 29, 2010 in Melbourne ) was a German-Australian writer .
Life
As the middle child of baptized Jews , Adamson received a Christian upbringing. He was a student of Ernst Wiechert . He worked in church offices for ten years until he emigrated to Rome in 1938 during the National Socialist era . In 1939 he moved on to Australia , where he made his way as a butler and salesman and learned the English language . During World War II , he joined the Australian Army in 1944 and served as an Italian language interpreter .
From 1949 he was an English teacher in La Paz . In 1953 he returned to Australia and settled in Melbourne . It was not until 1969 that he devoted himself entirely to writing in English and German. In 1973 he traveled through West Germany and gave lectures and lectures . In Australia, he became known through radio broadcasts and lectures in universities, schools and libraries. He has published poems and short stories in Germany, Australia, the USA and England.
In 1977 he received a grant from the Australian Council for Educational Research . He was President of the Goethe Institute of Victoria (Australia) in Melbourne.
Works
- The Australian Multiplication Table , 1973 (self-published)
- The institution . Darmstadt 1974, ISBN 3-87561-283-3 ( The Institution , 1976)
- Australia, of all places . Darmstadt 1974
- Matilda stops waltzing
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Adamson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alex Skovron: Bilingual author best known for his tragicomic Kafkaesque fantasy In The Age , January 29, 2011 (with biography)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c A. Skovron
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adamson, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 2010 |
| Place of death | Melbourne |