Fritz Erpenbeck ( German: Fritz Erpenbeck ; April 6, 1897 , Mainz - January 7, 1975 , Berlin ) is a German writer, publicist and actor.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Erpenbek studied as a locksmith in Osnabruck and took acting lessons. He participated in the First World War . Since 1920, he performed on stage at the Lessing Theater and at the Piskator in Berlin, and also tried himself as a director and playwright. In 1928 he married the writer Hedda Zinner .
In 1927 he joined the Communist Party of Germany . From 1929 he was engaged in journalistic activities, from 1931-1933 he held the position of editor-in-chief of the satirical journal Red Pepper ( German: Roter Pfeffer ).
In 1933 he emigrated to Prague , in 1935 he moved with his wife to the USSR, where he worked as an editor of several publications. In 1936, he starred in the episodic role of a prison guard in the film "Fighters . " Joined the Free Germany National Committee, worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Free Germany radio station. He entered the Ulbricht group .
In 1945, Erpenbek returned to Germany, where in 1946 he joined the SED . In 1946-1958, he served as editor-in-chief of the journal Theater of Time ( German Theater der Zeit ) and Theater Service ( German Theaterdienst ). Together with Bruno Henschel founded the publishing house Henschel Verlag . Since 1951, he headed the main department of performing arts and music at the Council of Ministers of the GDR . In 1959-1962, he served as the main playwright of the Volkswagen Theater in Berlin, then he was engaged in literary activities.
Erpenbek’s grave is located at the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin. One of the streets in the Pankov district of Berlin is named after Erpenbek.
Fritz Erpenbek is the father of physicist, philosopher and writer Jon Erpenbek , whose daughter Jenny Erpenbek also became a writer.
Compositions
- Aber ich wollte nicht feige sein , short story, 1932
- Musketier Peters , short story, 1936
- Emigranten , novel, Moscow, 1937
- Heimkehr , novel, 1939
- Deutsche Schicksale , short stories, 1939
- Kleines Mädel im großen Krieg , short story, 1940
- Gründer , novel, Moscow, 1941 (v. 1)
- Gründer , novel (v. 2-3), Berlin, 1945 and 1949
- Lebendiges Theater , essays and literary criticism, 1949
- Wilhelm Pieck. Ein Lebensbild , 1951
- M. Linzer (Hrsg.) Aus dem Theaterleben. Aufsätze und Kritiken , 1959
- Künstlerpension Boulanka , detective novel, Gelbe Reihe 1964
- Vorhang auf! historical stories, 1965
- Tödliche Bilanz , a detective novel, 1965
- Aus dem Hinterhalt , a detective novel, 1967
- Nadel im Heu , a detective novel, 1968
- Der Fall Fatima , a detective novel, 1969
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116567635 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 filmportal.de - 2005.
Literature
- Fritz Erpenbeck . In: Richard Drews, Alfred Kantorowicz (Hg.), Verboten und verbrannt. Deutsche Literatur - 12 Jahre unterdrückt , Berlin und München: Heinz Ullstein - Helmut Kindler Verlag, 1947, S. 37 f.