Max von der Grün (; 25 May 1926 – 7 April 2005) was a

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. Max von der Grün was born in Sankt Georgen (Bayreuth) and grew up in Mitterteich. After a clerical apprenticeship, he became a

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during

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in 1944. He was captured by U.S. forces near

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(France) and became a

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, spending three years in prison camps in

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, and

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. After his release, he worked as a

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, and from 1951 to 1963 in the ''Zeche Königsborn'' mine near

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. He started writing in 1955, initially

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, later focusing on worker-class themes. He was a founding member of the Dortmunder Gruppe 61, and a member of the

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. Von der Grün died in

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Works

* ''Geheimes Kochbuch'', Darmstadt 1960 * ''Männer in zweifacher Nacht'', Recklinghausen 1962 * ''Irrlicht und Feuer'', Recklinghausen 1963 * ''Fahrtunterbrechung und andere Erzählungen'', Frankfurt a. M. 1965 * ''Feierabend'', Recklinghausen 1968 (together with

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) * ''Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel'', Neuwied u. a. 1968 * ''Flug über Zechen und Wälder. Nordrhein-Westfalen. Land der Gegensätze'', Braunschweig 1970 * ''Urlaub am Plattensee'', Stierstadt i. Ts. 1970 * ''Am Tresen gehn die Lichter aus'', Stierstadt (im Taunus) 1972 * ''Stenogramm'', Düsseldorf 1972 * ''Ein Tag wie jeder andere.'' Düsseldorf

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2. Aufl. 1976; u.d.T.: ''Ein Tag wie jeder andere. Reisen in die Gegenwart. Nach Südiler und zurück.'' München 1978 * ''Menschen in Deutschland (BRD). 7 Porträts'', Darmstadt u. a. 1973 * ''Stellenweise Glatteis'', Darmstadt u. a. 1973 * ''Leben im gelobten Land. Gastarbeiterporträts'', Darmstadt u. a. 1975 * ''Wenn der tote Rabe vom Baum fällt'', München 1975 * ', München 1976 * ''Flächenbrand'', Darmstadt u. a. 1979 * ''Unsere Fabrik'' (Fotoband), Luzern .a.1979 (together with

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and

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) * ''Wie war das eigentlich? Kindheit und Jugend im Dritten Reich'' Darmstadt u. a. 1979, als Taschenbuch: dtv * ''Etwas außerhalb der Legalität und andere Erzählungen'', Darmstadt u. a. 1980 * ''Unterwegs in Deutschland'', Reinbek bei Hamburg 1980 * ''Klassengespräche'', Darmstadt u. a. 1981 * ''Maloche. Leben im Revier'' otobuch mit der Gruppe ''Anthrazit'' Frankfurt am Main 1982 * ''Späte Liebe'', Darmstadt u. a. 1982 * ''

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'', Darmstadt u. a. 1983 * ''Unser schönes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Von Menschen und Natur, von Kohle und Kultur'', Frankfurt am Main 1983 * ''Die Lawine'', Darmstadt u. a. 1986 * ''Waldläufer und Brückensteher'', Stuttgart 1987 * ''Das Revier. Eine Liebeserklärung'', Dortmund 1988 (together with

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) * ''Eine Jugend in Franken'', Göttingen 1990 * ''Springflut'', Frankfurt am Main 1990 * ''Die Saujagd und andere Vorstadtgeschichten'', München 1995 * ''Die schöne Unbekannte'', Reinbek bei Hamburg 1997 * ''Vorstadtkrokodile. Eine Geschichte vom Aufpassen; ein Leseprojekt zu dem gleichnamigen Roman von Max von der Grün.'' Berlin 2000 (together with S. Schlepp-Pellny)

Filmography

*''Irrlicht und Feuer'', directed by

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and Horst E. Brandt (TV film, East Germany, 1966, based on the novel of the same name) *''Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel'', directed by

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(TV film, East Germany, 1970, based on the novel of the same name) *''Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel'', directed by (TV film, West Germany, 1971, based on the novel of the same name) *''Stellenweise Glatteis'', directed by

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(TV film, West Germany, 1975, based on the novel of the same name) *', directed by Wolfgang Becker (TV film, West Germany, 1977, based on the novel ') *''

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'', directed by (TV film, West Germany, 1981, based on the novel of the same name) *''Friedrich und Friederike'', directed by (TV series, 9 episodes, West Germany, 1988, based on the novel ') *', directed by

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Screenwriter

*''Am Tresen'', directed by Johann-Richard Hänsel (TV series, 14 episodes, West Germany, 1967–1968) *''Feierabend'', directed by (TV film, West Germany, 1968) *''Schichtwechsel'', directed by (TV film, West Germany, 1968) *''Aufstiegschancen'', directed by Thomas Fantl (TV film, West Germany, 1971) *''Späte Liebe'', directed by (TV film, West Germany, 1978)

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