Helmut Hauptmann

Helmut Hauptmann (March 12, 1928) is a German writer who was mainly active in the then East Germany.

Life

Helmut Hauptmann grew up in a working-class family in Berlin. In the end phase of World War II, he served as a Luftwaffenhelfer in Berlin and thrived in a Prisoner of war camp in Schleswig-Holstein. After the Abitur, he worked with the Magistrate of Greater Berlin. Since the beginning of the 1950's, he has lived as a literary editor, journalist and writer in Berlin.

Helmut Hauptmann is a writer of narrative works which reflect the ideological optimism of early East Germany as well as Reportages which processed the travel experience of authors in different countries in the Eastern Bloc.

Helmut Hauptmann was a member of the Schriftstellerverband of East Germany since 1956 and the P.E.N.-Zentrums of East Germany since 1972. He received the following awards: 1958 Erich Weinert Medal, 1960 Heinrich Mann Prize, 1964 art prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation as well as the 1969 Heinrich Heine Prize.

Works

* "Das Geheimnis von Sosa" (The Secret of Sosa), Berlin 1950
* "Studiert wie Angelika und Hans Joachim!" (Study like Angelika and Hans Joachim!), Berlin 1951
* "Schwarzes Meer und weiße Rosen" (Black Sea and White Roses), Berlin 1956
* "Donaufahrt zu dritt" (Donau Trip for Three), Berlin 1957
* "Die Karriere des Hans Dietrich Borssdorf alias Jakow" (The Career of Hans Dietrich Borssdorf alias Jakow), Berlin 1958
* "Der Unsichtbare mit dem roten Hut" (The Invisible with the Red Hat), Berlin 1958
* "Sieben stellen die Uhr" (The Clock hits Seven), Berlin 1959
* "Hanna", Berlin 1963
* "Das komplexe Abenteuer Schwedt" (The Complex Adventurer Schwedt), Halle (Saale) 1964
* "Der Kreis der Familie" (The Family Circle), Halle 1964
* "Blauer Himmel, blaue Helme" (Blue Heavens, Blue Helmets), Halle (Saale) 1965
* "Ivi", Halle (Saale) 1969
* "Warum ich nach Horka ging" (Why I go to Horka), Bautzen 1971
* "Das unteilbare Leben" (The Indivisible Life), Halle (Saale) 1972
* "Standpunkt und Spielraum" (Standpoint and Scope), Halle (Saale) 1977

Editorial work

* "DDR-Reportage", Leipzig 1969

External links

* [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=105784575 Literature by and on Helmut Hauptmann] in the catalog of the German National Library de icon

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DATE OF BIRTH = March 12, 1928
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