Helmut Johannes Baierl (23 December 1926 Rumburk, Czechoslovakia – 12 September 2005 in Berlin) was a German playwright and vice president of the DDR Academy of Arts, Berlin. He was born in Rumburk (Czechoslovakia) and died in Berlin. He was a member of the Nazi Party from 1944 to 1945, of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD) from 1945 to 1947 and of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) from 1947 to 1989. Works Gladiolen, ein Tintenfass und eine bunte Kuh, 1953 Ein Wegweiser, 1953 Die Feststellung, 1958 Frau Flinz, 1961 Die Feststellung, 1961 Der rote Veit, 1962 Fünf Geschichten vom Dreizehnten, 1963 H. Baierl, M. Wekwerth "Frau Flinz", 1965 Johanna von Döbeln, 1969 Der lange Weg zu Lenin, 1970 Die Köpfe oder das noch kleinere Organon, 1974 Gereimte Reden (Agitationslyrik), 1976 Leo und Rosa", 1982 Das zweite Leben des F. G. W. Platow, 1983 Die Lachtaube, 1984 Polly erzählt. Jugenderinnerungen eines Großstadthundes, 1986, References 1926 births 2005 deaths People from Rumburk Sudeten German people Nazi Party members Liberal Democratic Party of Germany politicians Socialist Unity Party of Germany members East German writers 20th-century German writers German male writers People of the Stasi Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver