What is Wolfgang Schreyer?
[[File:Wolfgang Schreyer (2004) by Guenter Prust.jpg|thumb|Wolfgang Schreyer in 2004]] '''Wolfgang Schreyer''' (20 November 1927 &ndash; 14 November 2017) was an (East) German writer of fiction, historic adventures mixed with documentary, science fiction for TV shows and movies. He was born in [[Magdeburg]], Germany. During the last years of the war he was a member of the [[NSDAP]] (1944 &ndash; 1945). He was best known as the author of over 20 adventure stories.<ref name=BiographischeDatenbankenWS>{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363%3B-1424.html?ID=3156|author1=[[Bernd-Rainer Barth]]|title=Schreyer, Wolfgang * 20.11.1927 Schriftsteller|publisher= Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken |access-date= 31 December 2014}}</ref> In 1956 Schreyer was awarded the [[Heinrich-Mann-Preis]]. From 1974 until his death, he was a member of [[PEN International]]. He was very successful in [[East Germany]]. Schreyer died on 14 November 2017 in [[Ahrenshoop]], Germany at the age of 89.<ref>[http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/DDR-Autor-Wolfgang-Schreyer-gestorben,schreyer104.html DDR-Autor Wolfgang Schreyer gestorben] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/service_wegweiser/personen_detail.php?ID=2184 Profile] at [[Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur]] * [http://www.mvweb.de/kdb/autoren/schreyer/ Profil at mvweb.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109051507/http://www.mvweb.de/kdb/autoren/schreyer/ |date=2008-01-09 }} * http://www.dielegende.info/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411205836/http://www.dielegende.info/ |date=2008-04-11 }} * http://www.ila-bonn.de/buchbesprechungen/buecher249.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213134430/http://www.ila-bonn.de/buchbesprechungen/buecher249.htm |date=2012-02-13 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreyer, Wolfgang}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:20