Werner Legère

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Werner Legère (born May 28, 1912 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal , † October 14, 1998 in Glauchau ) was a German writer .

Life

After attending elementary school in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Werner Legère graduated from secondary school in Chemnitz in 1924 , which he finished in 1928 with the school leaving certificate. In April 1928 he began a three-year commercial apprenticeship at the Max Behrends mechanical weaving mill in Hohenstein-Ernstthal.

In 1932 Werner Legère initiated a performance of Winnetou I on the occasion of Karl May's 90th birthday , for which he partly wrote the book and played the title role himself. In the same year a story in the style of Karl May appeared in the Hohenstein-Ernstthaler Tageblatt and Anzeiger on February 25, under the title Hadschi Halef Omar defends his Sihdi .

From 1934 he worked as a stenographer and foreign language correspondent for French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. At this point he was already publishing his first essays on Karl May in regional newspapers. He wrote an article published in 1942 on the 100th birthday of Karl May.

In 1940 he was called up for military service. Initially stationed in France, he was captured by the Soviets during the war, from which he did not return until 1947.

In 1948 he was recognized as a freelance artist. He documented the Hohenstein-Ernstthal urban development photographically and wrote reports on the Sachsenring races in the post-war years. After he had achieved a respectable success with Ich was in Timbuktu in 1953, he was accepted into the German Writers 'Association (from 1973 writers' association of the GDR ). I was in Timbuktu was published in 1955 by the old Berlin publisher Lucie Groszer and subsequently appeared in Hungarian, Estonian, Slovak and Polish. His other works include u. a. Lost under Corsairs (1955), Sister Florence (1965) and The Rio Cayado Conspiracy (1956). Especially the book The Call of Castiglione (1960) made him known far beyond Saxony.

In addition to the GDR Medal of Merit , which he received in 1988, he won the 1953 competition for the "creation of new children's and youth literature". In 1961 he received the art award of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district , in 1962 the Artur-Becker-Medal in silver , 1963 the culture award of the GDR and 1983 the Kurt-Barthel-Preis of the district Karl-Marx-Stadt. - The novel Die Nacht von Santa Rita , whose publication was rejected in the GDR, was published in 1997 by Karl May Verlag . New editions of his books followed in the Chemnitzer Verlag . There are currently three unpublished manuscripts: The Cocusnus Shell , the slave novel Black Esther and The Prisoner of Paramatta .

In 1992 Legère unveiled Karl May's bronze bust in Hohenstein-Ernstthal.

In 1993 he became the first honorary citizen of the city of Hohenstein-Ernstthal after German reunification. The total circulation of his works at that time was around 1.3 million copies with no fewer than 77 book editions. His books have been translated into a total of seven languages ​​and were also published as licensed editions outside of the GDR before 1990. a. in Italy and Austria.

His estate is in the Karl-May-Haus Hohenstein-Ernstthal. In the meeting place there is an exhibition room with his study.

plant

  • I was in Timbuktu , Berlin in 1953
  • Lost among corsairs , Berlin 1955
  • The Rio Cayado conspiracy , Berlin 1956
  • Sister Florence , A life in the service of the wounded and sick, Tyrolia, Innsbruck / Vienna 1984 (first edition Berlin 1956), ISBN 3-7022-1530-1 (the life of Florence Nightingale ).
  • The call of Castiglione , Berlin 1960
  • Stern from Jakob , Berlin 1963
  • The bulls of Assur , Berlin 1969
  • The dreaded Gaismair , Berlin 1976
  • The night of Santa Rita , Bamberg, Radebeul 1997

literature

  • Werner Legère: beginning with Johannes Bobrowski . In: wanted. 22 authors about themselves . With an afterword by Karl Bongardt. 1st edition. Union Verlag, Berlin 1975, p. 113-122 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Winnetou_(Hohenstein-Ernstthal_1932)
  2. ^ Reprinted in Karl May in Leipzig No. 35/1998.
  3. ^ Reprinted in Karl May in Leipzig No. 33/1998.
personal data
SURNAME Legère, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenstein-Ernstthal
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1998
Place of death Glauchau