Benno Pludra (1 October 1925 – 27 August 2014) was a German children's author. He was born in Mückenberg, now
Lauchhammer
Lauchhammer ( dsb, Łuchow) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.
History
From 1815 to ...
-West.
Pludra wrote
narrative
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s and
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
s for children and teenagers. More than five million copies of his books have been sold, which made him one of the most successful
authors of East Germany. Some of his books were made into feature films. Pludra died in
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
in 2014, aged 88.
[Börsenblatt]
''Benno Pludra ist tot''
, boersenblatt.net, retrieved on 27 August 2014
Works
* ''Ein Mädchen, fünf Jungen und sechs Traktoren'', Berlin 1951
* ''Die Jungen von Zelt dreizehn'', Berlin 1952
* ''Gustel, Tapp und die andern'', Berlin 1953
* ''In Wiepershagen krähn die Hähne'', Berlin 1953
* ''Vor großer Fahrt'', Berlin 1955
* ''Wenn die Heringe ziehn ...'', Berlin 1955
* ''Haik und Paul'', Berlin 1956
* ''Sheriff Teddy'', Berlin 1956
* ''Jakob sucht Liebe'', Berlin 1958
* ''Bootsmann auf der Scholle'', Berlin 1959,
* ''Popp muß sich entscheiden'', Berlin 1959
* ''Heiner und seine Hähnchen'', Berlin 1962 (with
Ingeborg Meyer-Rey)
* ''Unser Schiff kommt von Kukkeia'', Berlin 1962 (with Kurt Klamann)
* ', Berlin 1963,
* ''Die Reise nach Sundevit'', Berlin 1965,
* ''Vom Bären, der nicht mehr schlafen konnte'', Berlin 1967 (with Ingeborg Meyer-Rey)
* ''Tambari'', Berlin 1969
* ''Wie ich nach Swanetien reisen wollte'', Berlin 1974
* ''Die Jungen von Zelt 13 und andere Erzählungen'', Berlin 1975
* ''Sundus und der hafergelbe Hund'', Berlin 1975
* ''Trauermantel und Birke'', Berlin 1978
* ''Es waren einmal ein Paar Schuh'', Berlin 1979 (with Renate Totzke-Israel)
* ''Drinnen schläft die Zaubermaus'', Berlin 1980 (with Renate Totzke-Israel)
* ''Es war ein Ei'', Berlin 1980 (with Linde Detlefsen)
* ', Berlin 1980,
* ''Manchmal sind wir schon ganz groß'', Berlin 1980 (with Erdmut Oelschlaeger)
* ''Ein Mädchen fand einen Stein. Die Schwäne auf dem Wasser. Es waren einmal ein Paar Schuh'', Berlin 1981 (with
Martin Schoppe)
* ''Wie die Windmühle zu den Wolken flog'', Berlin 1981 (with Siegfried Linke)
* ''Es war eine Biene'', Berlin 1983 (with Manfred Bofinger)
* ''Verkehrte Welt'', Berlin 1984 (with Gisela Neumann)
* ''Das Herz des Piraten'', Berlin 1985
* ''Windmühle, Windmühle, nimm uns mit'', Berlin 1987 (with Renate Totzke-Israel)
* ''Der Waldkauz Hadubrand'', Berlin 1988 (with Jutta Mirtschin)
* ''Das Fräulein Weißmann saß im Garten'', Berlin 1989 (with Regine Röder)
* ''Zum Fluß hinunter, wo die Schiffe ziehn'', Berlin 1990
* ''Aloa-hé'', Hamburg 1991
* ''Siebenstorch'', Berlin 1991
* ''Schreiben für Kinder: Ganz hinten sollte Hoffnung sein'', Frankfurt/M. 1993
* ''Fünf in der Tonne'', Berlin 1994
* ''Leinen los für Wunderfloh'', Berlin 1994
* ''Die Märchen'', Berlin 1994
* ''Der Hund des Kapitäns'', Berlin 1999
* ''Jakob heimatlos'', Berlin 1999
Film adaptions
* 1957: ''
Sheriff Teddy
''Sheriff Teddy'' is an East German
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'' – directed by:
Heiner Carow
Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film ''So Many Dreams'' was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he was a member of the jury at t ...
* 1964: ' – directed by:
Herrmann Zschoche
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Film ...
* 1966: ''
Die Reise nach Sundevit'' – directed by: Heiner Carow
* 1977: ''
Tambari'' – directed by:
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* 1983: ' – directed by: Herrmann Zschoche
* 1988: ''
Das Herz des Piraten'' – directed by:
Jürgen Brauer
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*Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder
* Jürgen Alzen (born 1 ...
External links
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Benno Pludraat beltz.de (German)
References
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1925 births
2014 deaths
German children's writers
German male writers