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Werner Lindemann | |
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| Born | (1926-10-07)7 October 1926 Wolfen, Germany |
| Died | 9 February 1993(1993-02-09) (aged 66) Zickhusen,Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer |
| Years active | 1957–1993 |
| Spouse | Gitta Lindemann |
| Children | Till Lindemann |
| Awards | Alex-Wedding-Preis (1985) |
Werner Lindemann (7 October 1926 – 9 February 1993) was a German writer and poet. He was the father ofTill Lindemann, the lead vocalist of Germanindustrial metal bandRammstein.[1]
Werner Lindemann was born into a family of farm workers.[2] He grew up in Alt-Jeßnitz Gutsdorf nearWolfen inSaxony-Anhalt. In 1941, aged 15, he was apprenticed to a farmer. Between 1943 and 1945, he served in theGerman Army. After the end ofWorld War II, he studiednatural sciences atHalle. In 1949, he began to teach agriculture-related subjects at a vocational school. Between 1955 and 1957, he studied at theJohannes R. Becher Institute of Literature atLeipzig. There, he worked as editor of the student magazineForum, became director of the cityHouse of Culture, and from 1959, worked as a freelance writer. He co-founded theKünstlerkolonie Drispeth ("Drispeth Artist's Colony"), where he lived for over 20 years, along with Joachim Seyppel, Joochen Laabs, and Gerhard andChrista Wolf.
Lindemann wrote his first poems shortly after the war. They were published in a 1959 bookStationen, which also included autobiographical material. The writer became known for his children's books in the 1970s, in which he showed a poetic vision of the everyday. In addition to his children's poetry, from the 1980s, he published several books of prose, such asAus dem Drispether Bauernhaus ("From the farmhouse at Drispeth") andThe Roggenmuhme. These and other books were based on observations and memories of his youth. He describes nature, family life in the countryside, and day-to-day life under the socialist regime. For example, in the bookMike Oldfield im Schaukelstuhl: Notizen eines Vaters ("Mike Oldfield in the Rocking Chair: Notes of a Father"), Lindemann contrasted the memories of the narrator, a parent, the views and ambitions of his son; the book remarked on the differences of character among educated people in different social systems, but also showed their similarities.
On many occasions, he gave talks in schools to bring poetry to children. He was a frequent visitor to theGrundschule Elisabethwiese elementary school inRostock. After his death, the school changed its name toWerner-Lindemann-Grundschule on 7 October 1994. The ceremony was attended by his widow, journalist Gitta Lindemann.
In 1985, theAcademy of Arts in Berlin awarded him theAlex-Wedding-Preis, for his merits in the field of socialist children's literature.[3]
Anfang der 1980er Jahre wohnt der bekannte DDR-Schriftsteller und Kinderbuchautor Werner Lindemann in einem Dorf in Mecklenburg ... Als Werner Lindemann 1992 stirbt, ahnt er nicht, dass sein Sohn Till wenig später als Sänger der Band Rammstein weltberühmt werden wird.[At the beginning of the 1980s, the well-known GDR writer and children's book author Werner Lindemann lived in a village in Mecklenburg... When Werner Lindemann died in 1992, he had no idea that his son Till would soon become world famous as the singer of the band Rammstein.]
In Leipzig I made the acquaintance of Werner Lindemann, the son of a farm labourer.
Akademie der Künste der DDR 1985 Werner Lindemann, Schriftsteller,...
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