Gotthold Gloger was a German

Germany

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 writer

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 and painter

Painting

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Life

Gotthold Gloger was born in Königsberg

Königsberg

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, East Prussia

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. He received painting and drawing lessons as a child. He attended the Kunstgewerbeakademie in Königsberg from 1941, simultaneously arose his first literary attempt. From 1942, Gloger participated in World War II

World War II

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 as a soldier of the Wehrmacht

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 and later belonging to the 999th Light Afrika Division.

After the war, he graduated art studies in Frankfurt am Main and visited as a guest listener of romance studies

Romance studies

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 and philosophy

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 lecture

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s. In 1947 and 1948, he remained for a long time in Italy

Italy

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 and Southern France

Southern France

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. Because of his participation in a strike

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 of the harbor workers in Marseille

Marseille

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, he would be arrested and seized for a while in a military prison in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

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. He moved to East Germany in 1954. He was a student at the "Johannes R. Brechner" Institute for Literature in Leipzig

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. Subsequently he lived as a painter and freelance writer until 1967 in Meiningen

Meiningen

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 and from 1970 predominantly in the city quarter of Kraatz, Gransee

Gransee

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 in Brandenburg

Brandenburg

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. He died there in 2001.

Gotthold Gloger's authored works consist of novel

Novel

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s, narrative

Narrative

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s, children's literature

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 as well as screenplay

Screenplay

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s to television plays. He had a preference for historical subject matter. His faithfulness to details and his way with stories would be emphasized by critics.

Gotthold Gloger was a member of the P.E.N. Central of East Germany

International PEN

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 since 1954. He received the 1954 Heinrich Mann Prize

Heinrich Mann Prize

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 and the 1961 Children's Book Prize of the Ministerium für Kultur (Ministry of Culture) of East Germany.

Works

• Philomela Kleespieß trug die Fahne (Philomela Kleespieß carries the Flag), Berlin 1953
• Der Soldat und sein Lieutenant (The Soldier and his Lieutenant), Berlin 1955
• Die auf den Herrn warten (She waits for the Men), Berlin 1958
• Der dritte Hochzeitstag (The Third Wedding Day), Berlin 1960
• Rot wie Rubin (Red like Rubin), Berlin 1961
• Der Bauerbacher Bauernschmaus (The Farm's Feast of its Wild Boar), Berlin 1963
• Frido, fall nicht runter (Frido, Do not Fall Down), Berlin 1965
• Meininger Miniaturen (Meiningen's Miniatures), Berlin 1965
• Das Aschaffenburger Kartenspiel (The Card Game of Aschaffenburg), Berlin 1969
• Kathrins Donnerstag (Katherin's Thursday), Berlin 1970
• Der Mann mit dem Goldhelm (The Man with the Gold Helm), Berlin 1972
• Der Bäckerjunge aus Beeskow (The Backer Boy from Beeskow), Berlin 1974
• Ritter, Tod und Teufel (Knight, Death and Devil), Berlin 1976
• Das Rübenfest und andere Geschichten (The Turnip Feast and Other Histories), Berlin 1979
• Berliner Guckkasten (Berlin's Looking Box), Berlin 1980
• Freundlich ist die Nacht (Friendly is the Night), Berlin 1980
• Leb vergnügt oder Die Ermordung des Hofmarschalls von Minutoli zu Meiningen (Live Cheerful of the Death of the Hope Marschall of Minutoli to Meiningen), Berlin 1981
• Meine Feder für den König (My Feather for the King), Berlin 1985

External links

• Literature by and on Gotthold Gloger in the catalog of the German National Library
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• Homepage of Gotthold Gloger