Gerold Tietz
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Gerold Tietz was a German author.
in Germany
, and later to Baden-Württemberg
. He studied history, politics and French in Tübingen
, Berlin
and Paris
. Gerold Tietz held a doctor's degree in history. During the last decades he lived in Esslingen and worked in the nearby city of Wendlingen
as a grammar school teacher.
He published his first book in 1989. In 2006 he received the first prize for prose by the Künstlergilde Esslingen, and he was elected to become a member of the Sudetendeutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste (Sudeten German academy of science and art). In 2007 he received the Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis für Literatur (prize for literature awarded by the Sudeten German organisation). Gerold Tietz is one of the few writers to address the banishments of the 20th century in the region of Bohemia
critically from all sides, avoiding to subjectively consider only one side as aggressor and the other as victim.
His wife Anne Birk
was also an author. The couple was childless. Anne Birk
died just a few days after her husband (July 29 2009).
The novel Böhmische Fuge was translated into Czech in 2005 with the title Česká Fuga. The translation of Böhmische Grätschen could not be finished any more before his death.
.
Biography
Gerold Tietz was born in Bohemia. As a child he and his family were banished. They first moved to the federal state of BavariaBavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and later to Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
. He studied history, politics and French in Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Gerold Tietz held a doctor's degree in history. During the last decades he lived in Esslingen and worked in the nearby city of Wendlingen
Wendlingen
Wendlingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart.-International relations:...
as a grammar school teacher.
He published his first book in 1989. In 2006 he received the first prize for prose by the Künstlergilde Esslingen, and he was elected to become a member of the Sudetendeutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste (Sudeten German academy of science and art). In 2007 he received the Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis für Literatur (prize for literature awarded by the Sudeten German organisation). Gerold Tietz is one of the few writers to address the banishments of the 20th century in the region of Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
critically from all sides, avoiding to subjectively consider only one side as aggressor and the other as victim.
His wife Anne Birk
Anne Birk
Anne Birk was a German author.- Biography :...
was also an author. The couple was childless. Anne Birk
Anne Birk
Anne Birk was a German author.- Biography :...
died just a few days after her husband (July 29 2009).
Works
Gerold Tietz wrote the prose volume Satiralien - Berichte aus Beerdita (1989) as well as the four closely connected novels Böhmische Fuge (1997), Große Zeiten - kleines Glück (2005), Böhmisches Richtfest (2007) und Böhmische Grätschen (2009). A follow up novel on Große Zeiten - kleines Glück could not be published any more before his death.The novel Böhmische Fuge was translated into Czech in 2005 with the title Česká Fuga. The translation of Böhmische Grätschen could not be finished any more before his death.
Trivia
The chapter Annas Himmelfahrt from the novel Böhmisches Richtfest was set to music as a melodrama by the composer Dr.Dietmar Gräf. It was premiered by the Malinconia-Ensemble in 2008 at Bad WörishofenBad Wörishofen
Bad Wörishofen is a spa town in the district Unterallgäu, Bavaria Germany known for the water-cure developed by Sebastian Kneipp , a Catholic priest, who lived there for 42 years...
.