Horst Deichfuß
Horst Deichfuß was a German writer.
Life
Born in Halberstadt, In 1943 Deichfuß was drafted for military service and in 1945/46 was a US-American or British prisoner of war.After his return from captivity in 1947 he passed the Abitur. He then worked as a mailman for the Deutsche Post der DDR. In 1948 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. In 1955 he founded a cultural group at the Deutsche Post in Halle. In 1961 he completed a correspondence course in postal economics at the engineering school "Rosa Luxemburg" in Leipzig.
From 1963 to 1965 Deichfuß studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. In 1965/66 he was a lecturer for theatre and literature at the Halle City Council. From 1966 to 1969 he was the district secretary of the Writers' Association Halle. From 1967 to 1972 he headed a. From 1969 he was active as a freelance author.
Deichfuß died in Halle after a short severe illness at the age of 64.