Werner Waldhoff

Werner Waldhoff ( pseudonym : Claude Ericsson ; born October 16, 1943 in Breslau ; † summer 1997 ) was a German writer and translator .

Life

After graduating from high school, Werner Waldhoff served a short time in the German Armed Forces and then went on merchant navy ships to Africa , America and Southeast Asia . He broke off attempts to study physics , economics and computer science . In between he worked as a waiter and truck driver . His involvement in criminal activities (especially pushing cars ) earned Waldhoff a four-year prison sentence , during which he tried to break out of the prison several times . After the detention, he began short crime stories for popular magazines to write and translate .

Werner Waldhoff's work includes detective novels , short stories , books for young people , poems and scripts for television games . In addition, he translated a large number of works of light literature , but also by authors such as Margaret Atwood and Jack Kerouac from English .

Works

• Point by point. Augsburg 1979
• Forensics. Munich 1979
• One or the other luck. Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
• Outbreak. Reinbek near Hamburg 1984
• The shadow boxer. Reinbek near Hamburg 1984
• End of the highway. Reinbek near Hamburg 1985
• Ricochet. Reinbek near Hamburg 1985
• The deeper bottom of the sea. Frankfurt (Main) 1987
• The face under water. Reinbek near Hamburg 1988
• Willow. Munich 1988
• The dark dream. Stuttgart [u. a.] 1991

Translations

• Richard Aellen: Crux. Frankfurt (Main) 1992
• Richard Aellen: The man with the second face. Frankfurt am Main 1989
• Ted Allbeury : dirty work. Zurich 1995
• Aradia, the teaching of witches. Munich 1979
• Margaret Atwood : The Edible Woman. Düsseldorf 1985
• Margaret Atwood: Lady Oracle. Düsseldorf 1984
• Margaret Atwood: The impossibility of closeness. Düsseldorf 1980
• Margaret Atwood: Injuries. Düsseldorf 1982
• Sousan Azadi : Escape from Iran. Zurich 1989
• Jack Beeching : The Force and the Cruelty. Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
• Larry Beinhart : No trip for Cassella. Reinbek near Hamburg 1989
  • The invoice (eBook). spraybooks, Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-945684047
• Norman Bogner : The inexorable. Zurich 1984
• Simon Brett : Dark men have no shadows. Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Simon Brett: Comedians laugh out loud and die quietly. Frankfurt am Main 1987
• Simon Brett: Speculators aren't kidding. Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Steven Callahan : Lost in the Atlantic. Zurich 1987
• Carolyn Cassady : Heart beat. Reinbek near Hamburg 1980
• Bob Cook : Arrivederci Roma. Reinbek near Hamburg 1988
• A. Craig Copetas : Marc Rich. Zurich 1986
• Michael Cunningham : Five Miles from Woodstock. Zurich 1992
• John Fante : Me, Arturo Bandini. Augsburg 1981
• Yossi Ghinsberg : Amazon. Zurich 1994
• Robert Goddard : The Lady Paxton's Secret. Munich 1996
• Robert Goddard: Closed Society. Zurich 1995
• Robert Goddard: Not today and never again. Zurich 1994
• Robert Goddard: The Cat's Claws. Zurich 1991
• Robert Goddard: Life means hunting. Zurich 1991
• Robert Goddard: Never say goodbye. Zurich 1993
• Richard Hammer : A fair for the godfather. Zurich 1983
• Lucy Irvine : Eva and Mister Robinson. Zurich 1984
• John Jakes : California Gold. Zurich 1990
• John Jakes: Heaven and Hell. Zurich 1988
• John Jakes: Love and War. Zurich 1987
• Jack Kerouac : Maggie Cassidy. Reinbek 1980
• Jack Kerouac: Dream Diary. Augsburg 1978
• Ronald Koertge : Boogeyman. Augsburg 1982
• Hans Koning : The plot. Zurich 1985
• Meridel Le Sueur : OK baby. Munich 1982
• Bobbi Lee : Indian rebel. Munich 1977
• Richard Leo : Beyond All Borders, Zurich 1992
• Jay Martin : Henry Miller. Düsseldorf 1980
• Rory Nugent : In the Mountains of Plagues or In Search of the Pink-Headed Duck at the End of the World. Zurich 1991
• Jerry Oster : New York, Babylon. Reinbek near Hamburg 1986
• Patricia Roberts : Broken Wings. Reinbek near Hamburg 1985
• Jack S. Scott : The local heroes. Reinbek near Hamburg 1984
• Steve Shagan : Vendetta. Zurich 1987
• Gilbert Shelton : The 7th Journey of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and 17 more comic strips. Frankfurt am Main 1979 (translated together with Harry Rowohlt )
• Thorne Smith : The Fountain of Youth. Frankfurt am Main 1987
• Thorne Smith: Topper. Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Thorne Smith: Topper is traveling. Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Thorne Smith: Upside Down World. Frankfurt am Main 1987
• Paul Theroux : Mosquito Coast. Düsseldorf 1983
• Fay Weldon : The devil. Munich 1987

Web links

• Werner Waldhoff on krimilexikon.de