Wolfram Frommlet

Wolfram Frommlet (born January 7, 1945 in Ravensburg ) is a German author, journalist, dramaturge, director and university lecturer.

Life

Wolfram Frommlet attended the humanistic Spohn high school in Ravensburg . He then studied German, musicology and art history at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , while at the same time completing a vocal course. From 1966 to 1969 he studied German language and literature, music, theater and art history as well as singing at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Various assistance assignments followed in Munich theaters and opera houses, and he also worked as a culture journalist for tz and in the BR radio notebook . From 1969 he worked for the Kassel State Theater , he was also involved in the apprentice theater . In 1972 he built the “ Marl Model” in Marl , which included play activities with working-class children. In 1974 Frommlet moved to WDR Cologne as a culture presenter and reporter .

He was committed to "North-South issues"; For example, from 1979–1982 he headed a project of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Lusaka , Zambia . The focus was on education and training for the Zambia Broadcasting Corporation and the two national newspapers. He organized media training and consulting in Kenya , Rwanda and Indonesia . In 1984 he worked for Deutsche Welle , where he trained employees from developing countries. Further foreign engagements in this area in Southeast Asia and West, East and Southern Africa in the form of several weeks of training followed until 2003.

In 1997 he moved back to Ravensburg and pursued several regional engagements in the artistic field. Since 1998 he has been teaching at the Cooperative State University in Ravensburg . He had lectureships at the universities of Osnabrück, Cologne, Marburg, Essen and Krems, the Weingarten University of Applied Sciences and the School of Design, Ravensburg.

Works (selection)

Author / co-author / editor

• Parents play children learn. Parents learn children to play. Game Action Guide. (with Hans Mayrhofer, Wolfgang Zacharias), Weismann Verlag, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-921040-11-6 ; updated and expanded edition, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1975, ISBN 3-499-16896-0 .
• Moon and morning star. An African creation myth. (With pictures by Henning Wagenbreth )., Peter Hammer Verlag , Wuppertal 1999, ISBN 3-87294-784-2 .
• Luna y Lucero del Alba. Legenda africana (Spanish edition), Libros del Zorro Rojo, Barcelona y Madrid, 2007, ISBN 978-84-96509-87-0 .
• African Radio Plays (Ed.) DWAZ Publications 6, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1991, ISBN 3-7890-2240-3
• African Radio Narrations and Plays (Ed.) DWAZ Publications 9, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1992, ISBN 3-7890-2692-1
• The Sun Woman (Ed.) Twenty-six new stories from Black Africa. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-87294-629-3
• Ravensburger life stories from 100 years. Of love and suffering, of work and dignity. (With over 100 historical photos), Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 2015, ISBN 978-3-943391-70-1 .

Plays

• “How much bread did you bake? How much warmth did you donate? ”A scenic collage about Janusz Korczak for three actors. WP Bodenseefestival Polska Kultura, May 15, 1998, Theater Ravensburg.
• “And tomorrow the whole world will know me”. A political satire for an actor. Premiere March 24, 2004, Theater Ravensburg

Exhibitions

• Hausser photos 7980 Ravensburg (curator, with Carolin Sigolotto design), Museum Humpis-Quartier , Ravensburg 2010.
• Poetry in the Ravensburg Lower Town (idea, conception). 84 poems, 78 authors from 17 countries and 6 centuries in 9 streets. A public, visual literature project. City Marketing Ravensburg 2013.
• Hands in Ravensburg (idea, conception, texts), with Veith Hämmerle photography. A public art project in 16 streets in downtown Ravensburg on the traditions of handicrafts, artistic and agricultural professions. Ravensburg 2017.

Translations / edits

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Zaide” (with Kurt Wilhelm), Munich Chamber Opera Eberhard Schoener, Munich 1968.
• "Papa, I also want to have the moon" (piece for children, from Italy), "Papa 'voglio anch'io la luna" by Guido Stagnaro, Thienemanns Verlag., Stuttgart 1970.
• "König Flötenton und Konsorten" (piece for children from the French), "Le Roi Mirliton" by Pierre Gamarra, Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart 1971.
• “Palmwine and Peanut Soup”, radio play, with Virginia Witts. In: African Radio Plays (Ed.) DWAZ Publications 6, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1991, ISBN 3-7890-2240-3

Radio plays

• Children's radio plays - and broadcasts for parents in the first radio pre-school series “Der Grüne Punkt”, SDR / SWF / SR, 1973 ff
• Radio Plays Africa & Asia, Deutsche Welle Radio Training Center, DWAZ Publications 5, Cologne 1991.

Awards

• Journalist Prize for Development Policy , by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker, Bonn 1988.
• Journalist Prize for Development Policy, by Federal President Roman Herzog, Bonn 1993.
• UNESCO world decade of culture, award for African & Asian radio plays & publications. German UNESCO Commission, 1995.
• The Golden Letter 2000, Bologna International Childrens Book Fair. Most beautiful book in the world, with Henning Wagenbreth , for "Mond und Morgenstern".
• 1st Prize of the Book Art Foundation , Frankfurt Book Fair 2000, for "Moon and Morning Star."
• Children's Book Prize 2000, German UNESCO Commission, for "Moon and Morning Star."
• Book of the month: "Moon and Morning Star", "Eselsohr" magazine, April 1999.
• Willi Bleicher Prize of the DGB, 2007. Award for trade union journalism and the series of talks "Hip" in Weingarten. Reason: "Interference by a committed contemporary."
• 1st prize in the medium-sized towns category for the project "Lyrik in der Unterstadt", Ravensburg 2013, in the competition Stadtmarketing Baden-Württemberg, November 2015.

Documentaries

• Old and young in rural Zambia. Mosaic editorial team, ZDF, 1984.
• Young in Zambia. Young World series, Deutsche Welle Transtel, 1984.
• At first they laughed over and over. Rural education in Zambia. Editing Education and Upbringing, ZDF 1984.
• Documentations, portraits, reports (30:00 - 60:00) in the editorial group Culture - Literature, Education, Architecture & Art, Music -, WDR III, 1974–1978.
• Documentary film series “ZeitZeugen”, Museum Humpis-Quartier Ravensburg, 2006–2015
• "Nowhere to arouse the fear of coercion". The architects Hans and Maria Riempp.
• From Ravensburg to the world and back. Elisabeth Stoll-Scheuerle.
• Erich Hausser. A photographer's life.
• “As a landlady you have to love people”. The “Mohren” hostess Pia Kutter.
• The oil swing. A district of Ravensburg. Stories about the water, the work and the people.
• From the city economy to a star restaurant. 150 years of the “French Horn”.
• "It is wrong not to do anything." The committed life of Maria Ballarin.

Radio reports, documentaries, features

• Back to the land. A Zambian Farmer's Life Story. English for Seniors, WDR educational programs 1988.
• A sewing needle factory for Vietnam. An example of successful private development aid. Hessischer Rundfunk, 1984.
• The voice of the president or the voice of the people? The role of the media in the third world, WDR III, 1993.
• Documentation in the series “ZeitZeichen”, WDR III, 1990–2002.
• Essays, documentaries, reports in the “ Critical Diary ” editorial team ;
• "Culture & Science"; "Thoughts at the Time"; “Samples and Samples”, Literary Journal; Church and society; “Critical Chronicle”, youth radio, women & society; WDR III, 1972-2005.
• Series “Sounds, Voices and Music from Africa & Asia”, Children's Editor, WDR III
• Documentation in the series "KalenderBlatt", Deutschlandradio Berlin 1997–2002.
• Documentaries & reports, Deutsche Welle, Africa English, 1990 ff.

TV presentations, stage talks

• Great evening about the taste. Moderation of the two-hour TV culture show. WDR III, Cologne 1976.
• On site - open end. Live TV broadcast of several hours from cities and cultural centers in NRW, WDR III, Cologne 1976–1978.
• "Popular - people from the region". Series of talks, 45 evenings with three guests and musicians each live, “Linse” cultural center, Weingarten 2003–2011.
• Science in conversation. Live program with scientists from the region. Four evenings, “Lens” cultural center, Weingarten 2013.

literature

• Gunther Dahinten : Restless for art and freedom of thought - Wolfram Frommlet , in: Gunther Dahinten, Johann Melzner, Johannes Riedel: Profile Ravensburg . Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, 2008, ISBN 978-3-933614-40-7