Helmut Preißler [SEP] place of death
Helmut Preißler
Helmut Preißler (born Cottbus 16 December 1925: died Bad Saarow 20 December 2010) was a German writer and poet.
Life.
Preißler was born in Cottbus. His father was a weaver and his mother worked in the garment industry. On leaving school he began an apprenticeship in road construction, water management and civil engineering. The war having broken out when he was 13, he became a soldier towards the end of the conflict and ended up as a prisoner of war in Belgium between 1945 and
poetry per year, becoming one of East Germany's most productive writers in terms of the sheer quantity of his published output. In addition he produced children's books and undertook work for radio and theatre. He also worked between 1966 and 1975 as Poetry Editor of which was one of the country's two most important literary newspapers.
Politics.
Helmut Preißler was listed in the Stasi files as an Informal collaborator (IM) from 1960, identified as "IM Anton".
Preißler was a convinced supporter of the