Margot Schroeder

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Margot Schroeder

Margot Schroeder (born April 29, 1937 in Hamburg ) is a German writer living in Essen .

Life

Margot Schroeder completed a book trade apprenticeship. She worked in the Hamburg workshop of the literature work group and was involved in women's initiatives. In 1971 she became a member of the Association of German Writers . 1975 began with the publication of the book I stand my wife her writing activity; as a freelance writer, she wrote novels, children's books, radio plays and poems. Since 1988 she has also been working as a photo artist. Schroeder received numerous grants (including for the artist village Schöppingen , the Künstlerhof Schreyahn and the German Literature Fund ) as well as prizes, for example the Alexander Zinn Prize in 1977 and the Poetry Prize of the Kirchentag Hamburg in 1995 . There were author portraits: in the NDR literature magazine “Bücherjournal” (1978), in WDR (1979) and in BR (1982). In 2003 she became a lecturer at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf .

Margot Schroeder has two children, is divorced and lived in Düsseldorf from 1987 to 2007 . She has lived in the Beguinage in Essen since 2007 .

Literary work

I stand my wife

Margot Schroeder became famous straight away with her first novel I stand my wife , the central theme of which is the question of the motives for female existence. It is about the supermarket cashier Charlie, who is actively involved with other fellow campaigners for an adventure playground. The women come from different social classes, but they are united in their gender-specific problems. It remains to be seen whether the playground initiative will be successful. The “anarchism of the main character, which Schroeder illustrates with the frequently used motif of the clown, which here has the function of self-affirmation and self- relativization , corresponds to the subjective, polylogical style: the novel is made up of the inner monologue of the first-person narrator, the Charlie's changing views and moods also include those of the other characters in the form of dialogues, quotes from letters, drafts of leaflets, etc., mixes different levels of language and time and ironically questions people and facts. "

Poetry

Margot Schroeder's poetry is an important part of her literary work. The subject of her first published cycle of poems, die angst ist baden geht (1976), includes content from the women's movement of the 1970s: feminist engagement and social criticism . In her later texts, too, she criticizes solidified structures and deals with disadvantaged people, especially women, and addresses individual independence. Schroeder's poems are characterized by “vitality and metaphorical boldness trained in surrealism”, whereby the poet “succeeds in breaking through the usual clichés of phrasing in a playful way. Far from sentimentality, she knows how to anchor feeling and vision in a concise expression. ” With her choice of words and metrical form , she gives her poems a tremendous speed. Except for the period, she does not use any punctuation marks, regulates rhythm and breathing through a vertical notation, which often only allows words that are one below the other. In this way she bombarded the reader with symbolic impressions. "

Quote

“ Postmodere . That little bit / rest / risk / goes / in the little black dress / to the prom. "

Works

Publications

  • I stand my wife . Novel. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1975, ISBN 3-436-02119-9
  • The butcher still recommends Herz . Novel. Frauenbuchverlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-921040-78-7
  • The fear has gone swimming. Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, Berlin 1979 (first edition 1976 in the series steps , No. 31), ISBN 3-87352-031-1
  • Ruminant. Prose and poetry . Svato-Verlag, Hamburg 1977
  • You can say that out loud, Hannes! A youth novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-499-20201-8
  • And the pub right next door. About Barmbek and its people . Hansa-Verlag, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-920610-41-5
  • Nothing falls up. Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, Berlin 1981, series: steps , No. 37, ISBN 3-87352-037-0
  • The tarantula. Monologue from a drinker . Novel. Frauenbuchverlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-921040-99-X
  • Pretty demolished . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-499-20329-4
  • Jenny calf bones and Peter Easter bunny or noise in class . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-20406-1
  • When the wooden horses laugh . Novel. Bremen 1985, series: signs and traces , ISBN 3-924588-13-9
  • The ink killers are gone! Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-499-20467-3
  • Unsteady days . Poems. Königs, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-927141-08-9
  • Way out blue . Poems. Königs, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-927141-15-1
  • October tea . Novel. Königs, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-927141-17-8
  • Nulips - tulips . Nonsense poems. Königs, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-927141-19-4
  • The moments without a door handle . CitiesPoetry. Edition XIM Virgines, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-934268-40-4
  • Testament of the Moments - Poem - . Essen 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-033006-3
  • Counter clockwise . Poems. Essen 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-042150-1

Radio plays

  • Marriage survey . Northern German Radio. 1972
  • The prestige gap . Hessian radio. 1972
  • Everyday thoughts of Anna Bräsig. Missingsch stories . Northern German Radio. 1982/83

Secondary literature

Prizes and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Kirchhoff in the Critical Lexicon for contemporary German literature
  2. ^ Franz Norbert Mennemeier in: new rheinland . No. 3/1994. ISSN  0342-9830
  3. ^ Ester Schulhoff in: Rheinische Post from August 5, 1993
  4. ↑ Quoted from: Unstable days . Düsseldorf 1993

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personal data
SURNAME Schroeder, Margot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg