Walther Pollatschek
Walther Pollatschek (born September 10, 1901 in Neu-Isenburg , † March 1, 1975 in East Berlin ) was a German writer .
Life
The son of an engineer completed his studies in 1924 with a doctorate as Dr. phil. and became a journalist. In 1933 he was dismissed as a journalist and in 1934 emigrated to Spain , then to France and finally to Switzerland .
In 1945 he returned to Frankfurt am Main . In 1950 he went to the GDR , where he headed the Friedrich Wolf Archive of the Akademie der Künste in East Berlin and in 1960 was the editor of Wolf's works and a biography of Friedrich Wolf.
His daughter Doris Pollatschek , born in 1928, was an artist and children's book author, while his daughter Silvia Schlenstedt, born in 1931, was a Germanist and literary scholar. The third daughter Constanze Pollatschek, born in 1937, worked as a journalist until she retired and lives in Berlin.
Other works
- Three children come through the world , 1947 (children's book)
- The Aufbaubande , 1948 (children's book)
- a biography of Heinrich Heine , 1947
- Publisher Der Liederfreund , 1947
- Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm , 1952–1954
- Herren des Landes , 1951 (Roman. A system comparison of GDR and Federal Republic)
- Philipp Mueller. Hero of the Nation , 1952
- Across four seas , 1955
- Collective edition of selected works, 2 volumes, 1973
literature
- Christian Krause: Pollatschek, Walther . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the literature, February 28, 1976 is occasionally found as the date of death.
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther Pollatschek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walther Pollatschek archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollatschek, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neu-Isenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1975 |
| Place of death | East Berlin |