Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen

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Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen (born January 2, 1949 in Munich ) is a German and English-speaking author. She publishes under her maiden name Aliana Brodmann.

Brodmann E. von Richthofen is the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Between 1967 and 1970 she worked as a freelancer for the Kölnische Rundschau , the Kölner Stadtanzeiger and the Neue Rheinzeitung . In 1970 she passed her state examination in art, English and German at the University of Education in Cologne. She emigrated to the USA in 1971 .

Since the late 1970s she has published several books for children and young people as well as articles and essays in German and US newspapers.

Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen had been a member of the PEN Center for German-Speaking Authors Abroad since the early 1980s and was an advisory board member alongside Erich Wolfgang Skwara . She was the first female president of this PEN center from 2003 to 2005.

She lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts , USA .

Works

  • Poems in the anthology We children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Gedichte d. Later born. Texts by authors d. Years 1945–1955 from d. Federal Republic, Austria and Switzerland . Hammer, Wuppertal 1970, ISBN 3872940287
  • Types. A nineteen year old novel [as Ana Bé]. Melzer, Darmstadt 1970
  • And you're from ... . Schaffstein, Dortmund 1976, ISBN 3588001697
  • So that the world doesn't stay silent . Schaffstein, Dortmund 1980, ISBN 3588000569
  • The story of the figs , together with Hans Poppel (illustrator), Ellermann, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3770762800
  • Poems in the anthology Ten bars of world music: e. Poetry anthology d. PEN center for German-speaking authors abroad . Bleicher, Gerlingen 1988, ISBN 3883504378
  • Wonderful advice , together with Hans Poppel (illustrator), Munich, Ellermann Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3770763041
    translated into English as Such a noise! , Kane Miller Book Publ., Brooklyn, NY 1989, 1st American ed., ISBN 0916291251 ; also translated into Danish and Spanish
  • The Gift , with Anthony Carnabuci (Illustrator), Aladdin, ISBN 0689822405
  • Essays in the anthology Exil ohne Ende: the PEN center for German-speaking authors abroad; Essays, biographies, materials . Bleicher, Gerlingen 1994, ISBN 3883506109
  • Translation into English by ETA Hoffmanns : The Nutcracker . Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2002, ISBN 1556705301

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personal data
SURNAME Richthofen, Aliana Brodmann E. von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brodmann, Alina (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German and English speaking author
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich