Werner Oellers
Werner Oellers ( pseudonym : Walter Siemes ; born October 18, 1904 in Wegberg ; † August 21, 1947 in Ratingen ) was a German writer .
Life
Werner Oellers came from a Catholic family of craftsmen. After attending elementary school in Wegberg, the Progymnasium in Erkelenz and a grammar school in Mönchengladbach , where he passed his matriculation examination in 1922 , he studied mechanical engineering and economics in Aachen and Danzig . He interrupted his studies several times for periods as an intern and working student in industrial companies and in agriculture; eventually he dropped out without a degree. Since the mid-1920s, he has been writing features for daily newspapers. From 1929 to 1933 he lived as a freelance writer in Wegberg and from 1933 in Ratingen-Hösel . On May 6, 1933, he married Suse Beck from Bingen am Rhein . In May 1937, Oellers joined the NSDAP in order to be accepted into the Reich Association of the German Press and thus “to camouflage his work against the regime”. Oellers succeeded several times in surveys for service in the armed forces to be assessed as unfit by brought about with the help of medication heart disease. From May 1, 1944 until his illness in January 1945, he was obliged to serve in the war, but without being used at the front. After his untimely death he was buried in the old cemetery in Wegberg. His literary work, which consists mainly of short stories, is characterized by a left Catholic tendency. Werner Oellers was in contact with leading authors of literary Catholicism such as B. Werner Bergengruen .
Works
- Customs son and smuggler , Freiburg 1936
- At first sight , Freiburg 1939
- The violence of arms , Bonn 1939
- The new eyes , Tübingen 1940
- Beyond us. A letter to the front , Freiburg 1940
- The persistent life , Tübingen 1942
- The night journey on the Rhine , Bonn 1948
- Stars above the fountain , Bonn 1948
- Maternus am See , Bonn 1950
literature
- Andreas Amberg, writer in the Erkelenzer Land. A literary search for traces , writings of the Heimatverein der Erkelenzer Lande, Volume 13, Erkelenz 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Oellers in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from: Amberg, Writer in the Erkelenzer Land, p. 90.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oellers, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siemes, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wegberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1947 |
| Place of death | Ratingen |