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Dieter Noll

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Dieter Noll

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-12-31 (Riesa)
Died
2008-02-06 (Zeuthen) age 80
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Residence History
Riesa (birth) → Chemnitz → Jena → Berlin → Königs Wusterhausen

Career

Occupations
writer, contributing editor
Active Years
1952-2008
Affiliations
Aufbau newspaper, Neues Deutschland, Schriftstellerverband of East Germany, Akademie der Künste
Memberships
Communist Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), Schriftstellerverband of East Germany, Akademie der Künste

Education

University of Jena
art history, philosophy, German
Period: 1948-
Country: Germany

Awards

Literature Prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation
1955
Organization: Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB)
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1961
Result: 受賞
National Prize of East Germany, Second Class
1963
Result: 受賞
Johannes R. Becher Medal in Gold
1964
Result: 受賞
National Prize of East Germany, Second Class
1979
Result: 受賞
Art Prize of the FDGB
1979
Organization: Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt

1960 novel

Two-volume novel autobiographically shaped, following Werner Holt from Nazism through Luftwaffenhelfer and Wehrmacht to the beginnings of Socialism.

NazismSocialismWar experiences
Adaptations
  • [film] The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965)

Bibliography

  • Neues vom lieben närrischen Nest, Leipzig 1952
  • Die Dame Perlon und andere Reportagen, Berlin 1953
  • Sonne über den Seen, Berlin 1954
  • Mutter der Tauben, Berlin 1955
  • Mecklenburgische Landschaft, Dresden 1958
  • Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt 1. Roman einer Jugend, 1960
  • Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt 2. Roman einer Heimkehr, 1963
  • Kippenberg, 1979
  • In Liebe leben, 1985

Style & Themes

Literary Style
autobiographical narrativerealism
Recurring Motifs
war traumaideological transitions

Health

  • cancer
    晩年
    Died on February 6, 2008

Legacy

Best known for the two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, which sold over two million copies and was filmed and included in East German school curriculum. Known as a loyal supporter of the SED and Stasi informer.

Trivia

  • Worked as an informer for the Stasi.
  • His son Hans, born 1954, is Israeli writer Chaim Noll.