Wolf-Ulrich Cropp

Wolf-Ulrich Cropp in Africa

Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (born July 25, 1941 in Hamburg , occasionally used pseudonym Carl Conte ) is a German writer . During his work for companies from different countries, he traveled around the world several times. He processed the experiences and experiences made in more than 20 books and various articles, essays and short stories .

Life

Cropp studied after high school engineering and business administration and graduated with a degree as an industrial engineer .

Until 1996 he worked in several companies in Germany and abroad as managing director and general representative. On the side he wrote books and specialized treatises. He did his doctorate with a thesis in the field of foreign trade. From 1997 onwards, Cropp devoted himself entirely to writing and journalism. So far, he has published 23 books and over 200 articles, reports, short stories and features - partly under the pseudonym Carl Conte - and has contributed to several anthologies .

Cropp is deputy chairwoman of the Hamburg authors' association. He is a jury member of the Irmgard Heilmann Prize and a member and coordinator of the main jury of the Walter Kempowski Literature Prize .

Publications (selection)

• Hot paths. Hoch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1977, ISBN 3-7779-0215-2
• Hunt through Alaska - Iditarod. Copress-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7679-0157-9
• Black drums. On a journey of discovery through West Africa . Franz Schneider, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-505-09351-3
• Glaciers and embers - In Cook's footsteps through the Pacific. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1995, ISBN 3-7688-0908-0
• The Batavia was her fate - a sea adventure of an East India trader. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 1997, ISBN 3-7688-1020-8
• Gold Rush in the Caribbean - In the footsteps of Sir Francis Drake. Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-7688-1175-1
• Meeting point Kabul - Afghanistan . Author: Wolf-Ulrich Cropp, alias Carl Conte, Edition HAV, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-8334-3911-4
• Models and monks - journey into the interior of Thailand. Wiesenburg-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940756-92-3
• Alaskan Fever - Wilderness, Adventure, Solitude. Malik - National Geographic, Piper Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-40007-7
• Moments of life - head nut. Verlag Param, Ahlerstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-88755-998-4
• Jungle Fever and Desert Fever - West and Central Africa. DuMont Reise Verlag, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7701-8268-8
• How I was looking for the princess of Zanzibar while passing Kilimanjaro. DuMont Reise Verlag, Ostfildern 2016, ISBN 978-3-7701-8280-0
• Beyond the western world . Kadera-Verlag, Norderstedt 2018, ISBN 978-3-944459-98-1
• Mali and the Djinns of the desert. Expeditions Publishing House, 2019, ISBN 978-3-947911-20-2

Awards

• 1983: German Academy for Youth Literature, Volkach. Book of the Month: Alaskan Fever
• 2001: Die Welt : Book of the year 2000 on the World Readers List: Gold Rush in the Caribbean
• 2013: Writer in Schleswig-Holstein. Audience Award: Contemplation and Knowledge
• 2015: Schleswig-Holstein Literature Days in Schleswig. Audience award: In the same place on the other bank

literature

• Hamburg literary . Edited by the cultural authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Dölling und Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-926174-16-1 .
• Authors portraits . Verlag W. Richter, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-88855-083-1 .
• Wolf-Ulrich Cropp. German Gender Book, Volume 205, Hamburg 14, p. 261. CA Starke Verlag, Limburg ad Lahn 1997.
• Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . Verlag KG Saur, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-598-23582-8 .

Web links

Commons : Wolf-Ulrich Cropp  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Wolf-Ulrich Cropp in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Carl Conte in the catalog of the German National Library
• Internet presence of Wolf-Ulrich Cropp
• Short biography at the Hamburg Authors' Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dare to read the book! In: welt.de. January 6, 2001, accessed December 12, 2015 .