Wolf-Rüdiger Arnold

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Wolf-Rüdiger Arnold , previously Wolf Arnold , (born September 20, 1939 in Leipzig ) is a German writer who has published short stories and novels in the GDR and reunified Germany .

Life

Wolf Arnold was born in Leipzig in 1939 as the son of a farmer and a stenographer . The early half-orphan was forced to train as a tool fitter, which Arnold completed from 1953 to 1955. From 1956 to 1975 he worked as a repair fitter. During this time he attended the adult education center , where he took his Abitur with difficulty in 1963. Since the job he was pushed into did not suit his inclinations, he described himself as a "clumsy locksmith", which is why he set one of his three childhood dreams in mind and applied for a place in medicine at the University of Jena . After the rejection, he took up distance learning at the engineering school for mechanical engineering in Leipzig, specializing in technology . In September 1975 he completed this. In the same year he enrolled in a special course at the "Johannes R. Becher" Institute for Literature in Leipzig in order to realize another of his childhood dreams, namely to become a writer. From 1976 he lived as a freelance writer. In 1981 he was accepted into the writers' association of his country. In 1984/85 he took an advanced course at the Leipzig Institute of Literature.

In the GDR, some of his publications received positive and some negative reviews .

At the end of the GDR , two of the radio play scenarios he had designed in the meantime were produced and broadcast as short radio plays by the GDR radio.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall , Arnold worked as a coordinator for the job creation measure (ABM) at the Förderkreis Freie Literaturgesellschaft e. V. employed in Leipzig. Between 2005 and 2011 he published a new book every year, in some cases drawing on records, unpublished manuscripts or even what was already printed in the GDR. He has been a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) since 1990.

Literary works

Published in the GDR under the name Wolf Arnold

  • The several lives of Anton Joseph. Stories. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1975.
  • Family fair. Novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1980.
  • Strange encounter. In: Alfons on the roof and other stories. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1982, p. 86 f.
  • Vain luck. From the life of a good man. Novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1984.
  • Interim report. In: midlife. Stories from 31 authors. Edited by Joochen Laabs and Manfred Wolter . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1987, ISBN 3-354-00186-0 , pp. 134–148.
  • Flowers for Betty. In: The story calendar 1988. Fourth year. Edited by Armin Müller . With graphics by Barbara Lechner. Greifenverlag zu Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt 1988, ISBN 3-7352-0057-5 , pp. 100-105.
  • It's spring again. In: The story calendar 1990. Sixth year. Published by Klaus Steinhaußen . With graphics by Lothar Sell . Greifenverlag zu Rudolstadt, Rudolstadt 1990, ISBN 3-7352-0157-1 , pp. 84-89.

Published in post-reunification Germany under the name Wolf-Rüdiger Arnold

  • still under Wolf Arnold : The Drinker. In: Free enclosure. Almanac of Saxon authors. Edited on behalf of the Leipzig Literature Office. V. by: Roland Erb , Walter Fellmann, Günter Gentsch, Jayne-Ann Igel , Sylvia Kabus , Wolfgang Lenck, Marga Erb. Literaturbüro Leipzig e. V., Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-930383-00-4 , pp. 87-90.
  • My Uncle Bernhard or A Difficult Approach. Roman (= Pernobilis Edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-938607-00-9 .
  • In the mirror or variations. Stories (= Pernobilis Edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-939404-53-5 .
  • Approved distances. Two trips to the west - spring and summer 1989. Diary and story (= Pernobilis edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86703-419-7 .
  • Thorn in the flesh. An artist novel (= Pernobilis edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-86703-736-5 .
  • Relationships. Stories (= Pernobilis Edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86901-081-6 .
  • Mass for the dead - from the life of the writer Armin Hänslein. Roman (= Pernobilis Edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-86901-853-9 .
  • Relax or take a trip to the countryside. Stories and other texts (= Pernobilis edition ). Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-86268-345-1 .

Radio plays

  • Der Einbruch (= Waldstrasse number 7 series ), directed by Detlef Kurzweg , Rundfunk der DDR 1988, first broadcast on September 17, 1988.
  • Neighbors with hats , directed by Barbara Plensat , Broadcasting of the GDR 1988, first broadcast on July 21, 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Wolf Arnold, p. 8th f .
  2. ↑ Blurb to The Multiple Lives of Anton Joseph .
  3. ↑ a b c Anke Hees: Arnold . In: Konrad Feilchenfeldt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century, Biographical-Bbliographical Handbook . Founded by Wilhelm Kosch . Continued by Carl Ludwig Lang. First volume: Aab-Bauer. KG Saur Verlag, Bern / Munich 2000, ISBN 3-908255-01-5 , Sp. 336 .
  4. ↑ a b Andreas Klimt (Ed.): Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1998 . Volume I: A – MKG Saur Verlag, Munich / Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-598-23581-X , Arnold, p. 25 .
  5. ↑ Gerda Zschocke: Mother Maria and her children . In: grandstand . No. 36 , February 20, 1981, Review, pp. 11 .
  6. ↑ Christel Berger: Ordinary and yet special. On Wolf Arnold's novel “Familienmesse” . In: Berliner Zeitung . March 11, 1981.
  7. ^ Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle / Leipzig: Wolf Arnold "Vergebliches Glück" . In: The New Way . November 6, 1984, briefly reviewed.
  8. ↑ Kornelia Piazena: Novel attempt about the breakup of a family. Comments on Wolf Arnold's “Family Fair” . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung . April 4th 1981.
  9. ^ Günter Ebert: In vain luck. From the life of a good man. Wolf Arnold's novel. Central German publisher . In: Sunday . The weekly newspaper on cultural policy. No. 49/1984 , December 2, 1984, literature. Criticism, p. 4 .
  10. ↑ Wolf Arnold. In: dra.de. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b Literaturbüro Leipzig e. V. (Ed.): Authors in Saxony . 1st edition. Leipzig 1992, Wolf-Rüdiger Arnold, p. 7 (unpaginated).

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personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Wolf-Rüdiger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold, Wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig