- Jurij Brězan
Jurij Brězan (
June 9 ,1916 –March 12 ,2006 ) was a majorSorbian and German writer.Brězan was born in
Räckelwitz nearKamenz . He attended school inBautzen and then studiedpolitical economics . After 1933, he worked illegally forDomowina and was active in a Sorbian resistance group. In 1937-38, he emigrated toPrague . After his return, he was arrested and was held in prison in 1938-39. From 1942 to 1944, he was a soldier in theWehrmacht and became aprisoner of war with the Americans.Between 1945 to 1948, he was a youth official for the Domowina. In 1946, he joined the Socialist Unity Party. After 1949, he worked as a freelance writer. In 1946, he became a member of the German Pen-Zentrum East and West, in 1965 a member of the
Akademie der Künste . Between 1969 and 1989 he was vice-president of the writers union ofEast Germany . He lived near his birthplace until his death inKamenz .He was frequently honored in Communist East Germany, receiving the
National Prize of East Germany in 1951, 1964, and 1976; the literature and art prize of the Domowina in 1973, theOrder of Karl Marx in 1974, and theVaterländischer Verdienstorden in 1981.Works
Many of his novels and stories have autobiographical elements. His best known of such works is the novel trilogy of "Der Gymnasiast" (1959), "Semester der verlorenen Zeit" (1959) and "Mannesjahre" (1964).
Other works use elements from the rich folklore of
Upper Lusatia .*"52 Wochen sind ein Jahr" (Novel, 1953)
*"Christa" (Story, 1957)
*"Der Gymnasiast" (Novel, 1958)
*"Borbas und die Rute Gottes" (Story, 1959)
*"Semester der verlorenen Zeit" (Novel, 1960)
*"Mannesjahre" (Novel, 1964)
*"Der Elefant und die Pilze" (Children's book, 1964)
*"Die Reise nach Krakau" (1966)
*"Die Abenteuer des Kater Mikosch" (Children's book, 1967)
*"Die Schwarze Mühle" (Story, 1968)
*"Krabat oder Die Verwandlung der Welt" (Novel, 1976)
*"Der Brautschmuck" (Stories, 1979)
*"Bild des Vaters" (Novel, 1983)
*"Dalmat hat Ferien" (Children's book, 1985)
*"Wie das Lachen auf die Welt kam" (Stories, 1986)
*"Einsichten und Ansichten" (1986)
*"Geschichten vom Wasser" (Stories, 1988)
*"Mein Stück Zeit" (Autobiographical report, 1989)
*"Bruder Baum und Schwester Lärche" (1991)
*"Das wunderschöne blaue Pferd" (1991)
*"Krabat oder Die Bewahrung der Welt" (Novel, 1993)
*"Rifko - aus dem Tagebuch eines Dackels" (Children's book, 1994)
*"Die Leute von Salow" (Novel, 1997)
*"Ohne Pass und Zoll" (Autobiographical report, 1999)
*"Die grüne Eidechse" (Novel, 2001)
*"Hunds Tagebuch" (Story, 2001)External links
* [http://www.jurijbrezan.de Jurij-Brezan.de]
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