Gabriele Wohmann
| Gabriele Wohmann | |
|---|---|
 Gabriele Wohmann in 1992 | |
| Born |
21 May 1932 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Died |
22 June 2015 Darmstadt, Germany |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Gabriele Wohmann (née Guyot; May 21, 1932 – June 22, 2015) was a German novelist, and short story writer.[1][2]
Life
Wohmann was born in Darmstadt. She attended the Nordseepädagogium on the island Langeoog as a boarding school. She studied at Frankfurt am Main from 1951 to 1953. She then worked as a teacher at her former school to Langeoog, at a community college, and a business school. In 1953, she married Reiner Wohmann. She has lived as a freelance writer in Darmstadt since 1956. Wohmann died on June 23, 2015, after struggling for an extensive period of time with serious illness in the place of her birth, Darmstadt.[3]
Career
Wohmann authored short stories, novels, poems, radio plays, television plays, and essays. She attended meetings of the Group 47. She was a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts since 1975, and the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt since 1980. She was a member of the PEN Centre of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1960 to 1988.
Works
- Hol mich einfach ab, Piper, München 2003
- Schön und gut, Piper, München 2002
- Abschied von der Schwester, Pendo, Zürich/München 2001
- Das Hallenbad, Piper, München 2000
- Das Handicap, Piper, München 1996
- Aber das war noch nicht das Schlimmste, Piper, München 1995
- Bitte nicht sterben, Piper, München 1993
- Der Flötenton, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1987
- Das Glücksspiel, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1981
- Ach wie gut daß niemand weiß, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1980
- Frühherbst in Badenweiler, Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1978
- Ausflug mit der Mutter, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1976
- Schönes Gehege, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1975
- Paulinchen war allein zu Haus, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1974
- Ernste Absicht, Luchterhand Verlag, Berlin/Neuwied 1970
- Abschied für länger, Walter, Olten/Freiburg im Breisgau 1965
- Jetzt und Nie, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied 1958
Works in English
- Amos Leslie Willson, ed. (1996). "An Irresistible Man". Contemporary German fiction. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8264-0740-5.
- The cherry tree, Translator Jeanne Willson, Dimension Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-911173-05-5
- Siblings, John Harding, Fricke Pub., 1982, ISBN 978-3-88184-052-1
- Selected Translations of Gabriele Wohmann, Steven Walter Eau Claire, University of Iowa, 1984
References
- ↑ http://www.deutschstunde.info/media//DIR_42384/GabrieleWohmann_JuliaKaltwasser.pdf
- ↑ http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/was/woh/enindex.htm
- ↑ "Schriftstellerin Gabriele Wohmann ist tot". Zeit Online. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
External links
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- "So spannend ist das Leben nicht", Berliner Zeitung, Benoît Pivert, 18 May 2002
- Günter Häntzschel, Gabriele Wohmann, Beck, 1982, ISBN 978-3-406-08691-5