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Alte Liebe (Cuxhaven)
() is a novel in German written jointly by Elke Heidenreich and Bernd Schroeder. It is the story of a couple married in the 1960s, during the German student movement, and together for 40 years, but experiencing differences along the way. It is regarded as a semi-autobiography by two authors who married in 1972 and separated later, but kept up their literary collaboration. Wife and husband tell the story in alternating chapters, each an inner monologue followed by dialogue. The book was published by Carl Hanser Verlag in 2009. The authors narrated an audio edition that appeared the same year. History The novel ''Alte Liebe'' reflects the lives of a couple, Lore and Harry, married for 40 years. It was written in collaboration by Elke Heidenreich and Bernd Schroeder. The authors are a real-life couple who married in 1972, and separated in 1995 but still worked together afterwards. Their first joint book after their separation was ''Rudernde Hunde'' (Rowing dogs) in 2002. ''Alte Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Heidenreich
Elke Heidenreich (née Riegert; born 15 February 1943) is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist. She has written audio plays, a magazine column, scripts for television plays and books. Heidenreich is known as the ''Kabarettist'' who created a character, Else Stratmann. She is a literary critic in the television ''Literaturclub'' of the ''Schweizer Fernsehen''. She was awarded a Goldene Kamera in 1981, and the Bambi in 2003 for her series ''Lesen!'', aimed at making reading of literature more popular. In 2006, she received the Grimme Award for her life's work in television. Her children's book ''Nero Corleone'' was translated to many languages and received several international prizes. She wrote '' Alte Liebe'' in collaboration with Bernd Schroeder, with whom she was married from 1972 but separated in the 1990s. Passionate about opera, she worked for children's operas at the Cologne Opera for 12 years, and wrote librettos and books, introducing a broader publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
