Wolfgang Altendorf
Wolfgang Altendorf (born March 23, 1921 in Mainz , † January 18, 2007 in Wittlensweiler ) was a German writer , publisher and painter .
life and work
As the son of the lawyer and notary Rudolf Altendorf and his wife Martha Ose, he spent his childhood in Oppenheim and Pfeddersheim ( Rheinhessen ). He completed his school in Worms , Pfeddersheim and Mainz with the completion of the secondary school leaving certificate in 1938.
After his labor service from 1939 and his military service, during which he was wounded several times, he co-founded the Rheinische Zeitung in Cologne . He married his wife Irmgard ("Irmeli") Seiwert in 1944. The marriage resulted in five children born between 1945 and 1966. After the currency reform, he was no longer able to operate his own publishing house, which he built up in Bad Godesberg .
After moving to Großlittgen ( Eifel ) in 1950, he moved to Pfalzgrafenweiler in 1958 and then to Freudenstadt-Wittlensweiler. In 1961 he and his wife ran a self-publisher with production and sales for a reading ring. He also published a newsletter for reading .
As a painter, he held over twenty exhibitions until the early 1990s. His number of pictures created is given as 1500. In 1971 he founded the Altendorf Cultural Foundation. His extensive literary and painterly work reached a total circulation of 750,000 books. With his illustrations he created his own style, called "linear dynamic realism".
Works (selection)
- Country house reports , 1955
- Odyssey for Two , 1957
- The Transport , 1959 ( filmed as Der Transport by Jürgen Roland in 1961 )
- The dark waters , 1959
- Job in the Vineyard , 1962
- Headquarters , 1964
- Dawn of the partisans , 1967
- My secret mission , 1969
- The incapacitated audience , 1969
- From the cook who prepared himself , 1973
- The Adventure of my Maternal Grandfather (1870–1924) , 2 volumes, 1983
- The Steel Molecule , 1983 (science fiction novel)
- A wreath of sonnets , 1986
- Spruce death , 1990
- Sophius the Wise , 1995
- Goethe and the little harpist , 1999
- The unwanted passenger
Awards (selection)
- Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany (1973)
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1981)
- Radio Play Prize of the Bavarian Radio 1950
- Gerhart Hauptmann Prize of the Freie Volksbühne Berlin 1957
- Literary Hambach Prize 1982
- Oscar de France Palmes d'Or
- Knight Award Plaque for World Peace
- L'Art Leonardi da Vinci
- Golden Pope Medal
credentials
- Biographical summary
- Note on the Altendorf factory
- Advertisement in the FAZ from January 24, 2007
- Walter Habel, who is who? , Lübeck 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Altendorf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wolfgang Altendorf in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Wolfgang Altendorf at Open Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gabriele Adrian: Irmeli Altendorf celebrates 85th birthday. Black Forest Messenger , December 6, 2011.
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 85, May 8, 1973.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altendorf, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, publisher and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 2007 |
| Place of death | Freudenstadt |