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Rudolf Fischer

ルドルフ・フィッシャー

Rudorufu Fisshā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1901-03-06 (Dresden)
Died
1957-06-04 (Dresden) age 56
Nationality
German, East German
Languages
German
Residence History
Dresden

Career

Occupations
Writer, Salesman, Mail carrier, Coal miner
Active Years
1950-1957

Awards

Heinrich Mann Prize
1956
Work: Martin Hoop IV
Organization: Akademie der Künste der DDR
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Martin Hoop IV

1955 Socialist realism

A socialist realist novel depicting the sabotage-induced collapse and firedamp explosion in Zwickau Mine Four in 1952 and its consequences.

Socialist realismWorking classSabotageMining

Dem Unbekannten auf der Spur

1956 Prose

Bibliography

  • Martin Hoop IV, Berlin 1955
  • Dem Unbekannten auf der Spur (The Unknown from the Trail), Berlin 1956

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Socialist realism
Recurring Motifs
Working-class lifeMining

Health

  • Health problems
    第二次世界大戦後
    Affected his writing career

Legacy

Known as an East German socialist realist writer, particularly praised for his mining-themed novels.