Wolf Durian

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Wolf Durian (actually Wolfgang Walter Bechtle , born October 19, 1892 in Stuttgart , † November 8, 1969 in Berlin ) was a German journalist, translator and author of books for young people.

Life

After graduating from high school, Wolf Durian traveled to America and worked as a dishwasher, woodcutter, gardener, cowboy and mail rider. Then he studied German and zoology. In the early 1920s he was editor of the popular science magazine Kosmos in Stuttgart, then from 1924 in Berlin editor-in-chief of the children's magazine Der hehre Fridolin , a bi-monthly publication for "Sport, Games, Fun and Adventure", which was published from 1921 to 1928 by Ullstein Verlag .

After 1945 Durian lived in the Soviet occupation zone in Berlin-Weißensee and worked for the Tälichen Rundschau and the Berliner Zeitung , where he wrote in the features section under the pseudonym Fridolin .

He has written numerous books for children and young people, which have been translated into several languages ​​and which have his love for nature, animals and foreign countries as their content. Probably his greatest success was the youth book Kai aus der Kiste , published in 1926 , which has seen numerous editions to this day. It had previously appeared in 1924 as a serial for the magazine Der hehre Fridolin . In 1927 the Examination Board of the Jugendschriftenwarte rejected the book because of Americanism . Under Nazi rule, it was banned for the same reason (pro-American). It was filmed under the same title and also appeared as a radio play.

family

His son from his first marriage was the writer and nature photographer Wolfgang Bechtle .

His daughter Sibylle Durian is a writer for young people and screenwriters. His granddaughter Dana Bechtle-Bechtinger also works as a screenwriter ( Schloss Einstein ).

Works

  • Kai out of the box . Schneider, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna 1926
  • Stabusch . Schneider, Leipzig and Vienna 1928
  • My vacation book . Schneider, Leipzig 1929
  • The hand through the window . Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna and Berlin 1930
  • On to coconut island! . Union, Stuttgart 1934 (published as a serial novel in 1930)
  • "Caution! Close-up! ”Ursula is making a film. A fun book for girls . Anton, Leipzig 1935
  • The love animals . Scherl, Berlin 1937
  • Grossdeutschland infantry regiment attacks. The story of a victory . Scherl, Berlin 1942
  • Little Gustav . Schmidt, Berlin 1948 (with drawings by Albert Schäfer-Ast )
  • The lake in the glass. An aquarium book for young and old . Schmidt, Berlin 1951
  • Eliza and the pirates . Schmidt, Berlin 1953
  • Robber . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1955 (illustrated by Hans Betcke)
  • Lumberjack. Adventure in the forests of North America . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1956 (illustrated by Ruprecht Haller ). From 1962 reworked under the title I was in the wild west (illustrated by Gerhard Goßmann )
  • The salamander club . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1957 (illustrated by Ruprecht Haller). 2nd revised edition 1967 (illustrated by Gerhard Lahr )
  • The glow heads . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1961 (illustrated by Ruprecht Haller)
  • Tell about your animals . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1963 (illustrated by Hans Baltzer )
  • 100 animals A to Z . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1966 (illustrated by Reiner Zieger )
  • Catch the pirate Bonito . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1967 (illustrated by Gerhard Goßmann)
  • Mister Kong . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1968 (illustrated by Gerhard Rappus )
  • Small animals in the big city . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1970 (illustrated by Erhard Schreier )
  • The man in the beaver den. The adventures of the hunter John Colter . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1973 (edited from the estate by Sibylle Durian)

Edited volumes:

  • The lion on Waisenstrasse and other stories . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1977
  • Wolf Durian's animal life . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-358-02063-0

as translator:

  • Ernest Thompson Seton : Rolf, the Trapper . Kosmos, Stuttgart 1920 (later under the titles Rolf and his red friend and With the last trappers in prairie and jungle )
  • Ernest Thompson Seton: Wild Animals at Home . Kosmos, Stuttgart 1920
  • Edgar Allan Poe : Collected Works . Edited by Franz Blei . Rösl & Cie, Munich 1922 (with other translators)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv/ich-bin-die-schwester-von-kai-aus-der-kiste-article693095.html
  2. ↑ http://www.grin.com/e-book/55608/durian-wolf-kai-aus-der-kiste-eine-romananalyse
personal data
SURNAME Durian, wolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bechtle, Wolfgang Walter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, translator and author of books for young people
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1969
Place of death Berlin