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Bernhard Seeger

ベルンハルト・ゼーガー

Berunharuto Zēgā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-10-06 (Roßlau)
Died
1999-03-14 (Unknown) age 71
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown Baptismal Name: Unknown
Residence History
Roßlau → Köthen → Zerbst → Michendorf → Potsdam

Career

Occupations
author, teacher, literary editor, reporter
Active Years
1946-1999
Affiliations
Schriftstellerverband of East Germany, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Memberships
Schriftstellerverband of East Germany (since 1952), Academy of Arts, Berlin (1969-1991)
Influenced By
Mikhail Sholokhov

Education

Gymnasium and teaching education school in Köthen
Unknown
Period: 不明
Country: Germany
Pre-war

Awards

Theodor Fontane Prize
1956
Organization: Bezirk Potsdam
Result: 受賞
Erich Weinert Medal
1960
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1962
Result: 受賞
Literature Prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB)
1962
Organization: Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB)
Result: 受賞
National Prize of East Germany
1963
Organization: East German government
Result: 受賞
National Prize of East Germany
1967
Organization: East German government
Result: 受賞
Johannes R. Becher Medal
1968
Result: 受賞
Order of the Banner of Labor
1969
Result: 受賞
Art Prize of the FDGB
1981
Organization: FDGB
Result: 受賞
Vaterländischer Verdienstorden
1983
Organization: East German government
Result: 受賞
Order of Karl Marx
1987
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Herbstrauch

1961 Novel

Work about collective farming in East German agriculture

collective farmingsocialist construction

Hannes Trostberg. Die Erben des Manifests

1968 Novel

Menschenwege

1974 Novel

Bibliography

  • Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost, Berlin 1952
  • Millionenreich und Hellerstück, Berlin 1956
  • Sturm aus Bambushütten, Berlin 1956
  • Wo der Habicht schießt, Halle (Saale) 1957
  • Wie Jasgulla zu seinem Recht kam, Leipzig 1960
  • Herbstrauch, Halle (Saale) 1961
  • Hannes Trostberg. Die Erben des Manifests, Halle (Saale) 1968
  • Vater Batti singt wieder, Halle (S.) 1972
  • Menschenwege 1, Halle (Saale) 1974
  • Menschenwege 2, Halle (Saale) 1987
  • Der Harmonikaspieler, Halle [u.a.] 1981
  • Frühe Wege, Leipzig 1987

Style & Themes

Literary Style
party politic worksreportagesnarratives
Recurring Motifs
problems of building East German societycollective farming

Health

  • Injury from accident
    1967年頃
    Unable to write for a long time

Legacy

Known as an author of socialist literature in East Germany, won numerous state awards, best known for radio and TV dramas

Archives

  • German National Library

Trivia

  • Joined Nazi Party in 1944
  • POW in Soviet camp 1945
  • Joined SED and FDJ in 1946
  • Unofficial Stasi informer 1953-1972
  • Reporter in Vietnam 1954/55