Antoinette Becker (born Antoinette Mathis, 5 April 1920 – 29 August 1998) was a French-German author, especially of books for children and young people. She also translated, such as Aribert Reimann's opera ''

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''.

Career

Born Antoinette Mathis in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

, she was the secretary of

Ernst Rudolf Huber Ernst Rudolf Huber (8 June 1903 – 28 October 1990) was a German jurist, noted as a constitutional historian and for his attempts to provide a legal underpinning for the Nazi regime. Life and work Huber studied law in Bonn under Carl Schmitt. He ...

, professor of

constitutional law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a State (polity), state, namely, the executive (government), executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as th ...

at the

Reichsuniversität Straßburg The Reichsuniversität Straßburg (RUS) was founded 1941 by the National Socialists in Alsace, annexed to Nazi Germany, while the regular University of Strasbourg moved to Clermont-Ferrand in 1940. The purpose was to create a continuity to the G ...

. She met there her future husband who worked as an assistant, and later became a lawyer and politician of education. The couple raised six children, including the lawyer Nicolas Becker, the psychoanalyst Stephan Becker, Sophinette Becker, and also the foster child Joachim Nettelbeck. Becker translated, including Aribert Reimann's opera ''

'' for the premiere in France in November 1982 at the

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. She died in Berlin.

Works

* ''Meine Religion, deine Religion''. Maier, Ravensburg 1983, . * ''Meine Familie, deine Familie''. Maier, Ravensburg 1977, . * ''Jede Familie ist anders''. Maier, Ravensburg 1977, . * ''Ich gehe zum Zahnarzt''. Maier, Ravensburg 1976, . * with Elizabeth Conolly-Smith: ''du, ich, wir''. Maier, Ravensburg 1975, . * ''Ich kann bald schwimmen''. Maier, Ravensburg 1975, . * ''Ich bin doch auch wie ihr''. Maier, Ravensburg 1975, . * ''Ich habe eine Mark''. Maier, Ravensburg 1974, . * ''Ich mag Musik''. Maier, Ravensburg 1974, . * ''Ich sorge für ein Tier''. Maier, Ravensburg 1973, . * ''Ich bekomme einen Bruder''. Maier, Ravensburg 1973, . * ''Ich bin jetzt in der Schule''. Maier, Ravensburg 1972, . * ''Ich bin jetzt im Krankenhaus''''Je suis à l'hôpital''
on Les libraires.fr Maier, Ravensburg 1972, . * ''Kinder fragen nach Gott''. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1962.

Literature

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: ''Kreis ohne Meister.'' München 2009, .

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Antoinette German children's writers German–French translators 20th-century German women writers German women children's writers French writers in German 1920 births 1998 deaths Writers from Strasbourg 20th-century translators