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German Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Germany or whose writings are closely associated with it. A * Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982), lesbian actress, novelist, scriptwriter * Martha Albrand (1914–1981), novelist * Helene Adler (1849–1923), German Jewish poet and educator * Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer, novelist * Ludmilla Assing (1785–1859), short story writer, biographer * Anita Augspurg (1857–1943), feminist, lawyer, actress * Elisabeth Augustin (1903–2001), poet, short story writer, novelist, wrote in German and Dutch * Frau Ava (c.1060–1127), first woman writer in German B * Ingrid Bachér (born 1930), playwright, screenwriter * Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970), journalist, biographer, translator * Amalie Baisch (1859–1904), writer of etiquette guide books * Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965), novelist * Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954), writer, feminist * Sybille Bedford (1873–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Benary-Isbert
Margot Benary-Isbert (December 2, 1889 – May 27, 1979) born Margot Isbert, was a German and later an American writer of children's books. Life in Germany Benary-Isbert was born in Saarbrücken, in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia, and raised in Frankfurt am Main, part of the German Empire but outside the Kingdom. She enjoyed telling stories and a schoolteacher recommended writing them up as fiction rather than sounding like lies; her first story was published when she was 19. She attended the College St. Carolus and the University of Frankfurt briefly and worked as a secretary at the Museum of Ethnology and Anthropology in Frankfurt from 1910 to 1917. In 1917 she married Wilhelm Benary, a psychologist. They moved to a farm house in Erfurt where William ran the family business. Margot raised Great Danes for a time. World War II During the War Margot raised animals for food. Erfurt was captured by the U.S. Army in April but it became part of the Soviet Zone of Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelika Brandt
Angelika Brandt (born 6 December 1961) is the world leader in Antarctic deep-sea biodiversity and has developed, organised and led several oceanographic expeditions to Antarctica, notably the series of ANDEEP (ANtarctic benthic DEEP-sea biodiversity) cruises, which have contributed significantly to Antarctica and deep-sea biology. Brandt was the senior scientist of ANDEEP which was devoted entirely to benthic research in the Antarctic abyss. Early life and education Brandt was born in Minden, Germany. She studied biology and education at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, receiving her MSc in 1987. Her PhD in zoology focussed on isopod crustaceans and was awarded in 1991, also from the University of Oldenburg. Brandt completed a post-doctoral position at the University of Kiel, Germany. Career and impact Brandt's main research focus is macrofauna of the deep sea and polar regions. Within this broad research field she studies systematics, biodiversity, biogeography, evolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Braun
Johanna Braun (7 May 1929 – 24 October 2008) was a German writer. Biography Johanna Braun was born in Magdeburg on 7 May 1929. Her father was an optician. She spent most of her life living in East Germany and held a number of jobs including secretary and editor. From 1969 she was a fulltime writer. Braun married Günter Braun and together they published a vast array of work mostly aimed at the younger audience but with a number of books for adults. Braun also wrote science fiction. The couple also wrote a radio feature in 1976. The couple were critical of social conditions and for several years some of their works were only available in West Germany. Braun died in Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German ... in 2008. Bibliography *The Great Magician's Error (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Botterbusch
Vera Botterbusch (born February 10, 1942) is a German journalist, author, photographer and film producer. Biography Vera Botterbusch was born in Dortmund and was educated in Romance studies, German studies, elocution and art in Bonn, Münster and Grenoble. She was also the scholarship holder of thEvangelical Study Foundation Villigstat the time. Botterbusch was known for her films on literature, art and music broadcast on Bavarian television and also for her publicity work for ''Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...'' through her theater work and exhibitions. She also published poetry and short stories. Botterbusch is a member of the Bundesverband Bildender Künstler (BBK), the VBK (Association of Visual Artists), the VS (Association of German W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen (book)
''Tagebuch einer Verlorenen'' (or ''The Diary of a Lost Girl'') is a book by the German author Margarete Böhme (1867-1939). It purportedly tells the true story of Thymian, a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution. When first published in 1905, the book was said to be a genuine diary, though speculation quickly arose as to its authorship. Due in part to its sensational subject matter, the book proved extremely popular. By the end of the 1920s, it had sold more than 1,200,000 copies, ranking it among the bestselling books of its time. One contemporary scholar has called it "Perhaps the most notorious and certainly the commercially most successful autobiographical narrative of the early twentieth century". Publishing history Böhme's book was first published in 1905 as ''Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, Von einer Toten'' (''The Diary of a Lost Girl, by One Who is Dead''), by F. Fontane & Co., a leading German publisher. More than 30,000 copies were sold within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarete Böhme
Margarete Böhme (8 May 1867 – 23 May 1939) was, arguably, one of the most widely read German writers of the early 20th century. Böhme authored 40 novels – as well as short stories, autobiographical sketches, and articles. ''The Diary of a Lost Girl'', first published in 1905 as ''Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (book), Tagebuch einer Verlorenen'', is her best known and bestselling book. By the end of the 1920s, it had sold more than a million copies, ranking it among the bestselling books of its time. One contemporary scholar has called it “Perhaps the most notorious and certainly the commercially most successful autobiographical narrative of the early twentieth century.” Early life and work Böhme was born Wilhelmina Margarete Susanna Feddersen in 1867. The future writer grew up in Husum, a small town in Northern Germany. Husum was dubbed “the grey town by the grey sea” by its best known resident, the novelist and poet Theodor Storm. Her mother's aunt was Lena Wies, a sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Bold
Emily Bold (born 2 March 1980) is a German author who lives in Bavaria. She writes romantic historical novels and stories for young adults, some of which have been translated into English. She became a best selling author in 2011 with ''Gefährliche Intrigen'' (Dangerous Intrigue). Bold has been writing novels since 2008. In May 2011, she published her first novel, ''Gefährliche Intrigen'', on Kindle. As a result, it soon became a best seller. Her other works are also available as eBooks as well as paperbacks. When publishing on Kindle, she handles all the formatting and cover design herself. She also makes use of Facebook and other social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ... sites to promote the marketing of her works. Works English translations *''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Böhlau
Helene Böhlau (; 22 November 1859 in Weimar – 26 March 1940 in Augsburg) was a German novelist.German Wikipedia says she was born in 1856. Biography She traveled much in the East, married Omar al-Raschid Bey (born as Friedrich Arnd) in Istanbul, and settled down in Munich. In 1888 her sketches of Weimar (''Ratsmädelgeschichten'') brought her a large measure of fame. She showed a leaning toward the Romantic school Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ... now and then, but on the whole her descriptions were realistic and her writing was imbued with passion. Works * ''Novellen'' (1882) * ''Es hat nicht Sein Sollen'' (It shouldn't have been, 1891) * ''Das Recht der Mutter'' (The mother's right, 1896; new ed., 1903) * ''Neue Ratsmädel- und Weimarische Geschichten'' (1897 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss
Ilse Blumenthal-Weiss (14 October 1899 – 10 August 1987) was a German poet. A survivor of Westerbork and Theresienstadt concentration camps, she wrote largely about the Holocaust. Biography Ilse Weiss was born on 14 October 1899 in Berlin to Gottlieb Weiss, a clothing store owner, and Hedwig Weiss-Brock. She married Herbert Blumenthal, a dentist, in 1929. She trained to become a teacher in physical education and worked as an orthopedic specialist, although she had also written poetry from a young age. She published her first volume of poems, ''Gesicht und Maske'' ("Face and Mask"), in 1929. She corresponded with the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and their letters were published in ''Briefe aus Muzot'' in 1935. In 1937, being Jewish, Blumenthal-Weiss fled Nazi Germany. She moved to the Netherlands, but she and her daughter, Miriam, were eventually deported to Westerbork and then Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1944. Her husband and son, Peter, were killed in the Auschwit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Birk
Anne Birk (real name: ''Rosemarie Tietz'', maiden name ''Schumacher'') (* August 20, 1942 in Trossingen, Germany; † July 29, 2009 in Esslingen, Germany) was a German author. Biography Rosemarie Schumacher was the daughter of a school teacher. She grew up in Tuttlingen, Germany. She then studied German and English language and literature and became a grammar school teacher in Esslingen, where she lived from 1969 onwards. Around 1980 she began writing. Anne Birk used the maiden name of her mother as her nom de plume. Her husband Gerold Tietz was also an author. The couple was childless. Gerold Tietz died just a few days before his wife. Works Anne Birk wrote a trilogy on German history: ''Astern im Frost'' (1999), ''Weiße Flecken an der Wand'' (2000) and ''Scherbengericht'' (2002). Partly basing the novels on the life of her mother, Anne Birk is one of the very few German authors dealing critically with the German history of the 20th century from a very personal family a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (23 June 1800 in Stuttgart25 August 1868 in Berlin) was a German actress, writer, director of the Stadttheater in Zürich for six years, and author of over 100 plays and libretto. Biography Charlotte Johanna Birch-Pfeiffer's father was a schoolmate of Schiller, supposedly her father was responsible for saving the manuscript ''Die Räuber'' by hiding it in his mattress. When he went blind in 1809, Birch-Pfeiffer read him the classics and by doing so gained a strong literary education. Both father and daughter loved the theater. In 1813 Birch-Pfeiffer's stage debut at the Munich Isarthortheater was supported by the Bavarian King, Max Joseph. From 1818 to 1826 she appeared in Prague, Stuttgart, Kassel, Hannover, Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg as a member of the Munch Hoftheater playing the lead in tragic roles. In 1825 she married Danish writer and historian, Christian Andreas Birch, the couple begat two children. From 1827 to 1839 Charlotte acted at the Thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
