Carmen Rohrbach

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Carmen Rohrbach, February 2013 in the Schorndorf public library

Carmen Rohrbach (born July 1948 in Bischofswerda ) is a German biologist and travel writer .

Carmen Rohrbach was born in Bischofswerda and studied biology in Greifswald and Leipzig . During her flight from the GDR across the Baltic Sea, she was caught and spent two years in prison. She was ransomed in 1976 and expelled from the GDR. She then worked on behavioral biology at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen near Munich, where she received her doctorate in 1980 on the subject of studies on the Bruce effect in gerbils .

Among other things, she explored the life of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands and undertook numerous expeditions to Asia, Africa, South America and Arabia, which she reports as a travel writer.

Works (selection)

  • In the realm of Isis and Osiris: A Nile journey from Abu Simbel to Alexandria ; Malik 2010. ISBN 3890297552 .
  • Patagonia: From horizon to horizon ; National Geographic (paperback) and Malik (hardback)
  • As long as I breathe: Dramatic escape across the Baltic Sea to the 'end of the world'. A life story ; Droemer / Knaur (paperback)
  • Namibia: adventurous encounters with people, landscapes and animals ; National Geographic (paperback) and Frederking & Thaler (hardback), 2005, ISBN 3-89405-645-2 .
  • Hiking the Heavenly Path: A woman on the Camino de Santiago through France and Spain ; Piper (paperback)
  • Mongolia: On horseback through the land of the winds ; Frederking et al. Thaler (paperback)
  • On the green river: Isar - a hike from the source to the mouth ; National Geographic (Paperback)
  • Mussels on the way: With the donkey on the Camino de Santiago through France ; National Geographic (Paperback)
  • In the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba: On caravan routes in Yemen ; Frederking & Thaler

literature

  • My Freedom - Stories from Germany , pp. 35–41: Carmen Rohrbach: Through the cold Baltic Sea to Denmark , Kathrin Höhne / Maren Martell, publisher: epubli GmbH, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-7375-0615-1

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Rohrbach, Carmen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Bischofswerda