Walter Gättke
Walter Gättke (born May 4, 1896 in Hamburg ; † January 10, 1967 there ) was a German poet, playwright and theater critic. He also gained fame as a songwriter for the youth movement .
Life
The son of a civil servant did a business apprenticeship after finishing high school. In 1914 he went to war voluntarily. From 1920 to 1930 he created his numerous songs to be sung to the lute , which were widely distributed through the youth movement in Germany. The song Trum, trum, terum tum tum (1919) was written very early on . From the 1930s on, Gättke worked as a freelance writer on Low German literature. His comedies were premiered by the Ohnsorg Theater , among others . He also created serious pieces, radio plays and poetry cycles, as well as opera libretti . Later he also worked as an adult education center lecturer and premiere critic in Harburg. In early 1967 he chose to commit suicide in the Elbe. His body was not found until a month and a half later.
Works (selection)
- The walking game. A festival , 1922.
- The triple game. A crude antics , 1924.
- The Meiendorfer chest. Stories and Poems , 1934.
- Thrushbeard. A German fairy tale game in 5 acts , 1938.
- Festive sound. Seal for three speakers , 1939.
- Chamber of the Heart, your house. Poems of Silence , 1949.
- Long journey. Old and new songs , 1957.
Radio plays
- 1953: Een Deern as Wibeke - Director: Günter Jansen , with Hartwig Sievers , Heidi Kabel , Heinz Lanker , Ingeborg Walther ( NWDR Hamburg )
- 1954: Wi Junge Lüüd - Director: Unknown, with Richard Germer (NWDR Hamburg)
- 1954: Stine maakt Nachtschicht - Director: Günter Jansen, with Heinz Lanker, Heidi Kabel, Hilde Sicks , Heini Kaufeld , Erna Raupach-Petersen (NWDR Hamburg)
- 1955: Eers times rain - because de Sünn! - Director: Günter Jansen, with Otto Lüthje , Alma Auler , Heinz Lanker, Hilde Sicks, Heinz Ladiges (NWDR Hamburg)
- 1956: Count Fiete Flachs zu Gleichen - Director: Hannes Krüger , with Carl Hinrichs , Bernd Wiegmann , Hans Rolf Radula ( RB )
- 1958: Karussell för di un mi - Director: Günter Jansen, with Hartwig Sievers, Hans Fitze , Hilde Sicks, Erna Raupach-Petersen, Günther Siegmund ( NDR )
- 1958: Leege Freight - Director: Günter Jansen, with Reinhold Nietschmann , Harald Heitmann , Alma Auler (NDR)
- 1958: De Daag ward kötter - Director: Günter Jansen, with Hartwig Sievers, Erna Raupach-Petersen, Henry Vahl , Rudolf Beiswanger , Wolfram Lues (NDR)
Radio processing (word):
- 1959: Thomas Klingg : Hurra, mien Modder kan swemm'n - Director: Otto Lüthje , with Heinz Lanker, Ludwig Meybert , Fritz Schrader , Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum , Gertrud Prey , Walther Bullerdiek (NDR)
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Gättke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Gättke in the Low German Bibliography and Biography (PBuB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Gättke. (No longer available online.) Low German bibliography and biography, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 9, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rescued dead from the Elbe . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . March 14, 1967 ( online (PDF; 1.6 MB) [accessed March 9, 2012]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gattke, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lyric poet, playwright and theater critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1967 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |