William Quindt

William Quindt (born October 22, 1898 in Hildesheim , † December 29, 1969 in Marquartstein , Traunstein district ) was a German journalist and writer who became known in the genre of adventure novels and animal stories.

Life

William Quindt, who came from a peasant family, lost his parents at an early age and from the age of 15 he struggled with various professions. Eventually he became a journalist. But he also gave up this activity to - following his "animal longing" - to become press officer at large circus companies such as Sarrasani , Busch and others, with whom he subsequently toured all of Europe . Further trips also brought him to Africa and India .

His experiences with exotic animals and locations provided him with plenty of material for animal stories and adventure novels, which he began to publish from 1933 , beginning with the Indian novel The Tiger Akbar . Most of his books quickly became bestsellers , with numerous editions and translated into several languages. In 1950/51, a film version of The Tiger Akbar was made under the direction of Harry Piel , for which Quindt wrote the script. In general, however, Quindt was unable to match his earlier successes with his works that were created after the Second World War , including Götter und Gaukler (1954). However, many of these older works remained to this day continuously available, most notably road of elephants (1939), which now has the reputation of an African classic, especially since Quindt is very early critical of the Ivory - poaching dealt and forcefully to protect the elephant entered. For Walt Disney , he also wrote the novelization to the documentary White Wilderness ( White Wilderness ), which was published 1960th It was to be his last work.

Works (selection)

• The Tiger Akbar , People's Association of Book Friends , Berlin 1933
• Peter's jungle vacation. What a German boy experienced in the forests of India , Stuttgart 1934
• The starving heart. Roman. Verlag Georg Westermann, Braunschweig, Berlin and Hamburg 1934
• The game trail. A novel between cosmopolitan city and jungle , Dresden 1936
• The panther bride. (Novel of a tamer) , Dresden 1937 ( ISBN 3-87152-010-1 )
• Jungle blood. A book from the untamable heart , Dresden 1938 (later under the title Ewig shall be enmity. History of a tiger )
• The street of the elephants , Hamburg 1939 (currently under ISBN 3-492-22783-X )
• Bambino. An artist novel , Hamburg 1940
• The white wolf. The story of the first dog , Berlin 1941
• The beast. Animal stories , Dresden 1943 ( ISBN 3-87152-039-X )
• The strange brothers. Stories of animals and people , Berlin 1943 ( ISBN 3-87152-120-5 )
• Curupira. An adventure book from the Amazon River , Dresden 1943 ( ISBN 3-87152-141-8 )
• Longing for Joana. Novel of a big number , Dresden 1943
• My cat Hinz. History of friendship , Hamburg 1946
• Murderess Rosa. Story of a female elephant , Hamburg 1946
• My dog ​​Struppke. Story of a Scottish Terrier , Hamburg 1946
• Clouds move in the wind. Novel of a Summer , Hamburg 1948
• The child in the monkey house , Hamburg 1949
• The fellows. History of an animal friendship , Hanover 1954
• Gods and jugglers. A new novel about the tiger Akbar , Vienna, Berlin and Stuttgart 1954 ( ISBN 3-87152-062-4 )
• The black jaguar. A story of the strangeness between humans and animals , Vienna, Berlin and Stuttgart 1955
• Justice. A novel of people and animals , Vienna, Berlin and Stuttgart 1958 (later under the title On drifted tracks. A novel of people and animals , ISBN 3-87152-075-6 )
• White Wilderness ( White Wilderness ), Hamburg 1960

Web links

• Literature by and about William Quindt in the catalog of the German National Library