Herbert Nachbar
Herbert Nachbar was a German writer resident in the German Democratic Republic.
Image:Tombstone Herbert Nachbar.jpg|thumb|Grave of Herbert Nachbar at the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde in Berlin
Life
Herbert Nachbar was the son of a fisherman in Greifswald, Province of Pomerania. From 1936 to 1940, he attended the Volksschule in Wolgast subsequently the Lehrerbildungsanstalt in Pasewalk. After a short time as an electrician, he went to school as the Oberschule in Rostock where he took his Abitur. Nachbar began a study of Medicine at the Humboldt University of Berlin which he broke off after two semesters. He worked as a local reporter and contributing editor to different East Berlin newspapers until 1953 after which as a literary editor for the Aufbau-Verlag. From 1957 he was a freelance writer. Nachbar lived in several towns: until 1959 on the island of Ummanz from the 1960 to 1963 in East Berlin, from 1963 to 1969 in Graal-Müritz as well as again in East Berlin after 1969. From 1968, he was head dramaturg at the Volkstheater in Rostock and later at the East German Television in Berlin. His death in East Berlin was the result of a difficult disease which had forced him to become a wheelchair user since 1978.Herbert Nachbar was a member of the Deutscher Schriftstellerverband and the P.E.N.-Zentrals of East Germany.
Artistic creations
Herbert Nachbar was the writer of novels, narratives and television screenplays. In his novels, he depicts the life of a fishing village on the Baltic Sea coast. Later he expanded his themes and assimilated his own experiences in his books. Some of his later works had been shaped by sagas of the Baltic area and Scandinavia and bear fantasy and romance features.Awards and honors
- 1957 Heinrich Mann Prize
- 1961 Literature Prize of the Free German Trade Union Federation
- 1966 Johannes R. Becher Medal, in Silver
- 1976 National Prize of East Germany, 2nd Class
- 1980 Vaterländischer Verdienstorden, in Bronze
Works
Der Mond hat einen Hof, Berlin 1956Die gestohlene Insel, Berlin 1958Die Hochzeit von Länneken, Berlin 1960Der Tod des Admirals, Berlin 1960Brasilienfahrt, Rostock 1961 Oben fährt der Große Wagen, Rostock 1963Ein Feldherr sucht seine Mutter, Rostock 1965Haus unterm Regen, Berlin et al. 1965Meister Zillmann, Rostock 1965Die Millionen des Knut Brümmer, Rostock 1970Ein dunkler Stern, Berlin et al. 1973Pumpendings seltsame Reise, Berlin et al. 1975Der Weg nach Samoa, Berlin et al. 1976Das fliegende Paddelboot, Berlin 1979Keller der alten Schmiede, Berlin et al. 1979Helena und die Heimsuchung, Berlin 1981Die große Fahrt, Berlin et al. 1982Der Junge mit den knielangen Hosen, Berlin et al. 1984Editorial work
- Die Meisterjungfer, Rostock 1970