Eva Strittmatter
Eva Strittmatter | |
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| Born | Eva Braun 8 February 1930 Neuruppin, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 3 January 2011 (aged 80) Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Eva Strittmatter (née Braun; 8 February 1930 – 3 January 2011) was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature.[1]
Her books of poems sold millions of copies, reportedly making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.[2][3]
Life
[edit | edit source]From 1947-51, she studied German and Romance studies as well as Pedagogy at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[4] She married in 1950 and had a son, but soon she was divorced. Since 1954 she worked as a freelance writer. She met Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994). They married in 1956 and had three sons, among them actor and writer Erwin Berner (born 1953). The marriage with Erwin Strittmatter enabled her to relinquish her maiden name, Eva Braun.[1][5]
The marriage to Strittmatter initially overshadowed her own work as a writer, which did not unfold until she reached the age of 40. Following her husband's death in 1994, Strittmatter edited works from his estate. [citation needed]
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]Strittmatter was awarded the Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR in 1975. [citation needed]
Works
[edit | edit source]Poetry
[edit | edit source]- Ich mach ein Lied aus Stille, 1973
- Mondschnee liegt auf den Wiesen, 1975
- Die eine Rose überwältigt alles, 1977
- Zwiegespräch, 1980
- Heliotrop, 1983
- Atem, 1988
- Unterm wechselnden Licht, 1990
- Der Schöne (Obsession), 1997
- Liebe und Hass. Die geheimen Gedichte. 1970-1990, 2002
- Der Winter nach der schlimmen Liebe. Gedichte 1996/1997, 2005
- Landschaft, 2005
Prose
[edit | edit source]- Briefe aus Schulzenhof I, 1977
- Poesie und andere Nebendinge, 1983
- Mai in Piestàny, 1986
- Briefe aus Schulzenhof II, 1990
- Briefe aus Schulzenhof III, 1995
- Du liebes Grün. Ein Garten- und Jahreszeitenbuch, 2000
Children's books
[edit | edit source]- Brüderchen Vierbein, 1958
- Vom Kater der ein Mensch sein wollte, 1959
- Ich schwing mich auf die Schaukel, 1975
References
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- ^ Irmtraud Gutschke, Eva Strittmatter - Leib und Leben[permanent dead link], br-online.de; accessed 7 March 2015.
- ^ Biography[permanent dead link], aufbauverlag.de; accessed 7 March 2015.
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Sources
[edit | edit source]- Rengha Rodewill: Zwischenspiel – Lyrik, Fotografie. Together with Eva Strittmatter. Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2010, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Irmtraud Gutschke: Eva Strittmatter: Leib und Leben. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Rezension
- Leonore Krenzlin, Bernd-Rainer Barth: Strittmatter, Eva[permanent dead link]. In: Wer war wer in der DDR? 5. Ausgabe. Band 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Beatrix M. Brockman: Nur fliegend fängt man Worte ein. Eva Strittmatters Poetik. Peter Lang, Oxford 2013. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- 1930 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Neuruppin
- Writers from the Province of Brandenburg
- German children's writers
- German women children's writers
- East German writers
- East German women
- Writers from Brandenburg
- German women poets
- 20th-century German poets
- 20th-century German women writers
- Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni