Rudi Strahl
Rudi Strahl (14 September 1931 – 4 May 2001) was a German
Life and work
As son of a
1955 he published with Sturm auf Stollberg (Storming of Stollberg) his first narrative. 1957/58 he visited the
His books reached a total edition of about 4.6 million copies, his theatre plays had more than 560 stagings. Rudi Strahl's works were translated into 26 languages. He scripted numerous movies and television plays.[2] Also his juvenile book Du und ich und Klein-Paris (You and I in litte Paris), published in Berlin's Verlag Neues Leben, was filmed 1970 by the DEFA. His piece Er ist wieder da (He is back again) grounded an original adaptation by Peter Hack with the title Barby. Rudi Strahl's relation to the reality of real socialism was that of a sceptical GDR patriot, who – especially as theatre comic poet – has faith in the changeability of circumstances and wants to convey this faith in a cheerful way, but his pieces also definitely show lackings in the system and moral-political problems of an affluent society.[3]
Awards
- Children's book award (1961)
- Lessing Award of the GDR (1974)
- Goethe Award of the City Berlin (1977)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1978)
- National Prize of the GDR(1980)
- State Award for Popular Theatre Pieces of the state Baden-Württemberg
Selected works
Dramas
- In Sachen Adam und Eva (1969)
- Nochmal ein Ding drehen (1971)
- Der Krösus von Wolkenau (1971)
- Keine Leute, keine Leute (1973)
- Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu (1975)
- Arno Prinz von Wolkenstein oder Kader entscheiden alles (1979)
- Er ist wieder da (1980)
- Vor aller Augen (1983)
- Es war die Lerche (1990)
- Ein seltsamer Heiliger oder ein irrer Duft von Bibernell (1995)
Scripts
- Der Reserveheld (1965)
- Hands Up or I'll Shoot (1966/2009)
- Meine Freundin Sybille (1967)
- Wir lassen uns scheiden (1968, scenario)
- Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz (1969)
- Robinson für eine Nacht (1970, television)
- Du und ich und Klein-Paris (1971)
- Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu (1977)
Children's books
- Sandmännchen auf der Leuchtturminsel (Sandmännchen on the light house island) with illustrations of Eberhard Binder (1963)
- Robinson im Müggelwald (Robinson in the Müggelwald) with illustrations of Eberhard Binder (1969)
Satires
- Aufs Happy-End ist kein Verlaß with illustrations of Werner Klemke (1966)
- Von Mensch zu Mensch. Ein buntes Sammelsurium in Versen und in Prosa with illustrations of Karl-Georg Hirsch (1969)
- Menschen, Masken, Mimen in kleiner Prosa, Vers und Szene (1984)
References
- ^ Alexander Smoltczyk (2003), "Herberts Asche", Der Spiegel, 21 July 2003, no. 30, p. 51,
[…] Rudi Strahl, a writer, on whose tombstone is written: ‚Let us start the next revolution in an August'.
(photo from 9 April 2007) - ^ „Und da beschloß ich Schriftsteller zu werden“ – Rudi Strahl about life and work in debate with Bert Koß, radio portrait (MDR, 13 September 2001)
- ^ Klaus Siebenhaar, „Der freundliche Blick auf Widersprüche...“. Volksstücktradition und Realismus im DDR-Drama, in Ulrich Profitlich (Ed.), Dramatik der DDR, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1987, p. 396.
External links
- Literature by and about Rudi Strahl in the German National Library catalogue
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