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Rosemarie Schuder (married Rosemarie Hirsch; July 24, 1928 – May 5, 2018) was a German

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Life

Rosemarie Schuder came from a middle-class family in

Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...

. She attended a girls' school and took the

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

in 1947. Subsequently she worked as a freelance journalist for the East German newspaper '' Tägliche Rundschau'' and ''

Neue Zeit ''Die Neue Zeit'' (German: "The New Times") was a German socialist theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) that was published from 1883 to 1923. Its headquarters was in Stuttgart, Germany. History and profile Founded ...

''. She interned for hands on experience at the Jena Glassworks in 1952. From 1957 to 1959, she underwent a study abroad in Italy. Since 1958, she has been married to writer Rudolf Hirsch and lives as a freelance writer in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. Schuder was the writer of numerous historical novels in which she dealt with primarily themes from German history like the

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

Rebellion of 1534 or the fate of important people like

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He w ...

Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...

and

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. Schuder belonged to the

P.E.N. PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internatio ...

-Zentrum of

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

since 1978 being a member of the PEN-Zentrums Deutschland as well as the Deutsche Schillergesellschaft. Since 1951 she belonged to the Ost-CDU ending with her withdrawal from the party in March 1990. She received the 1958

Heinrich Mann Prize The Heinrich Mann Prize () is an essay prize that has been awarded since 1953, first by the East German Academy of Arts, then by the Academy of Arts, Berlin. The prize, which comes with a €10,000 purse, is given annually on 27 March, Heinrich Ma ...

, the

National Prize of East Germany The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

in each 1969, 1978 and 1988, the 1976

Lion Feuchtwanger Prize The Lion Feuchtwanger Prize is a German literary prize for historical prose. It is awarded by the Academy of Arts, Berlin on 7 July, the anniversary of his birthday. It was endowed by Marta Feuchtwanger, the widow of Lion Feuchtwanger. It was awa ...

as well as the 1988 . She died in May 2018 in Berlin.

Works

* ''Glas'' (Glass), Leipzig 1952 * ''Die Strumpfwirker'' (The Dull Worker), Berlin 1953 * ''Ich hab's gewagt'' (I Have Dared It), Berlin 1954 * ''Der Ketzer von Naumburg'' (The Heretic of Naumburg), Berlin 1955 * ''Meine Sichel ist scharf'' (My Sickle is Sharp), Berlin 1955 * ''Paracelsus'', Berlin 1955 * ''Der Sohn der Hexe'' (The Witch's Son), Berlin 1957 * ''In der Mühle des Teufels'' (In the Devil's Grinder), Berlin 1959 * ''Der Tag von Rocca di Campo'' (The Day of Rocca di Campo), Berlin 1959 * ''Die Störche von Langenbach'' (The Storks of Langenbach), Berlin 1961 * ''Der Gefesselte'' (The Bound), Berlin 1962 * ''Die zerschlagene Madonna'' (The Smashed Madonna), Berlin 1964 * ''Tartuffe 63 oder Die Ehe der Michaela Schlieker'' (Tartuffe 63 of the Marriage of Michaela Schlieker), Berlin 1965 * ''Die Erleuchteten oder Das Bild des armen Lazarus zu Münster in Westfalen, von wenig Furchtsamen auch der Terror der Liebe genannt'' (The Illustration or Image of the poor Lazarus of Münster in Westphalia, of important Timidness also called the Terror of Love), Berlin 1968 * ''Paracelsus und der Garten der Lüste'' (Paracelsus and the Garden of Lusts), Berlin 1972 * ''Agrippa und das Schiff der Zufriedenen'' (Agrippa and the Ship of the Content), Berlin 1977 * ''Serveto vor Pilatus'' (Serveto in front of Pilatus), Berlin 1982 * ''Der gelbe Fleck'' (The Yellow Spot), Berlin 1987 (together with Rudolf Hirsch) * ''Die Bilder der Königin'' (The Picture of the Queen), Berlin 1990 * ''Welt und Traum des Hieronymus Bosch'' (World and Dreams of Hieronymus Bosch), Berlin 1991 * ''Botticelli'', Berlin 1996 * ''Nummer 58866 – Judenkönig'' (Number 58866 – Jewish King), Berlin 1996 (together with Rudolf Hirsch) * ''Hochverrat oder Seltsame Wege zu Ferdinand Freiligrath'' (High Treason or Strange Ways of Ferdinand Freiligrath), Zürich 2001 * ''Deutsches Stiefmutterland'' (German Step-Mother Land), Teetz 2003 * ''Der "Fremdling aus dem Osten" / Eduard Lasker – Jude, Liberaler, Gegenspieler Bismarcks'' (The "Stranger from the East" / Eduard Lasker – Jew, Liberal, Bismarck's Opponent), Berlin: Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg 2008

Publishing work

* ''Otto Nuschke'', Berlin 1953 *

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oa ...

: ''Hieronymus Bosch'', Berlin 1975

References

External links

Wer war wer in der DDR? Schuder, Rosemarie, verh. Hirsch (Who was who in East Germany? Schuder, Rosemarie, married Hirsch)

Projekt Historischer Roman Datenbank: Rosemarie Schuder (Project Historical Novel Databank: Rosemarie Schuder)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schuder, Rosemarie 1928 births 2018 deaths Heinrich Mann Prize winners German women writers Writers from Jena

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