Bengta Bischoff
Bengta Bischoff (born April 4, 1909 in Hamburg , † April 3, 1987 in Kaltenkirchen , Segeberg district ) was a housewife (Hamburg captain's widow) and lay narrator, who became known as a novelist .
life and work
Bischoff's debut novel 6 Correct was highly praised by critics, which encouraged her to write more writings. Details about her person remained unknown, the only thing that is certain is that she did not publish under a pseudonym and that she lived in a social flat near Herbertstrasse in St. Pauli .
6 correct ones were discovered by Peter Rühmkorf , the novel was published in 1966 as a handwriting by Rowohlt . The big wish-fulfillment of a main lottery prize is his topic, and her connection of housewife dreams with authentic milieu descriptions with strong traits of oral tradition resulted in a special mixture. The success encouraged her to write her second novel of the same kind, The Yellow House on Pinnasberg or The 36 Eros Brothers of St. Pauli , about a man's brothel (the "yellow house"), then an unheard of topic outside of pornography , which was also made into a film has been. In the 1970 film adaptation by Alfred Vohrer, Bengta Bischoff herself acts as the narrator. After her third novel, she fell silent literarily.
Publications
- 6 correct. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1963.
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The yellow house on Pinnasberg or The 36 Eros Brothers of St. Pauli. First edition Konkret-Verlag, Hamburg 1970; 3rd edition, Luebbe Verlagsgruppe, Bergisch Gladbach 1986, ISBN 3-404-10488-9 .
- (Film adaptation) The yellow house on Pinnasberg .
- Lenchen in love. Novel. Lübbe Verlagsgruppe, Bergisch Gladbach 1986, ISBN 3-404-10501-X .
literature
- Peter Rühmkorf : Bengta Bischoff or the biased innocence. In: Gerhard Schmidt-Henkel , Horst Enders , Friedrich Knilli , Wolfgang Maier (eds.): Trivialliteratur. Essays. Berlin 1964, pp. 85-91.
- In short KP . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1970 ( online ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Bengta Bischoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article in the Hamburger Abendblatt from October 15, 1963.
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bischoff, Bengta |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lay narrator and novelist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1987 |
Place of death | Kaltenkirchen , Segeberg district |