Walter Alexander Bauer

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Walter Alexander Bauer (also: Alexander Bauer , Alexander W. Bauer , Alexander Walter Bauer , born May 24, 1921 in Bremen , † November 18, 2011 in Hamburg ) was a German writer .

Life

Walter Alexander Bauer was the son of the police chief secretary Henry Bauer. After attending high school, he completed a commercial apprenticeship . From 1948 he worked as a journalist in Bremen . From 1963 to 1981 he was part of the culture department of the German Press Agency in Hamburg , after which he was an editor in the overseas service of the same agency . Since 1985 he has been a freelance writer . Bauer lived in Worpswede for a long time , most recently in Hamburg.

Walter Alexander Bauer was the author of novels , essays and poems . He belonged to the Association of German Writers , the German PEN Center and the authors' association “ Die Kogge ”. In 1979 he received the cog ring of honor of the city of Minden .

He died on November 18, 2011 in Hamburg.

Works

  • Eros and Mask , Egnach / Switzerland 1960
  • At night in the hotel , Rothenburg ob d. Tauber 1963
  • Nagaika , Dülmen / Westf. 1963
  • Streets of Restlessness , Munich 1971
  • Metropolis , Lahnstein 1977 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • At the cradle of the red tsars , Worpswede 1999 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • Dance in the Trocadero , Worpswede [u. a.] 1999
  • The guard or From the inconstancy of the constant , Worpswede [u. a.] 1999
  • The path of the parabola , Worpswede [u. a.] 2000 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • The graphologist , Worpswede 2000 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • A love in Hungary , Worpswede 2000 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • The White Villa , Worpswede 2000 (under the name Alexander Bauer)
  • Puszta, black cat , Norderstedt 2002 (under the name Alexander Bauer)

Editing

  • Signatures , Duisburg et al. 1970

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Weserkurier , accessed on May 30, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Walter Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bauer, Alexander; Bauer, Alexander W .; Bauer, Alexander Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 2011
Place of death Hamburg