Catherine Boswell Fried

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Catherine Boswell Fried , also Catherine Fried-Boswell and Catherine Fried , (born October 1, 1936 in Hampstead , London ; † February 4, 2015 there ) was a British sculptor , painter , photographer and writer . She was the wife of the writer Erich Fried .

Life

She was born Catherine Boswell in Hampstead, north London, to Jean (a painter) and Ronnie Boswell (a publisher). She studied English Linguistics and Literature at University College London . In 1960 she moved to Paris where she worked as a teacher and radio announcer. She later returned to London, where she did image research. Through a mutual friend, the Austrian painter Georg Eisler , she met the writer Erich Fried in Vienna at the end of 1963 . They met again in London, and Erich Fried wooed them. The marriage finally took place on August 10, 1965. Catherine Boswell Fried was 29 years old at the time, Erich Fried 15 years older. For Catherine this was the first marriage, for Fried it was the third. The three children Petra, Klaus and Tom came from the marriage.

Her house in Kilburn (north-west London) became a meeting place for the radical left. Many prominent political actors (such as Rudi Dutschke , Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Astrid Proll ) often turned up there unannounced and sometimes lived in the house for months.

She was active as an artist, mainly paintings, etchings , engravings and photographs. After Erich Fried's death in 1988, she pursued her artistic ambitions with increased commitment. She began studying sculpture at Central St. Martins College and graduated successfully at the age of 58. From then on, sculpture became her preferred means of expression. Her works from the various art directions in which she was active have been presented in exhibitions in London and Vienna .

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Erich Fried's death, Catherine Boswell Fried was involved in numerous commemorative events with a reading from her book about the years together in London, published in 2008.

She died in London on February 4, 2015.

Works

Paintings and sculptures

  • Sketches, pictures and sculptures by Erich Fried

Books

  • The Long and Short of It. (2008)
    • Sooner or later . Memories of Erich Fried. Translated by Eike Schönfeldt, photos by Catherine Fried. Wagenbach Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8031-1257-6

Catherine Boswell Fried remembers living with Erich Fried here. She reports about a visit to Auschwitz:

[..] On the roll call square, Erich had scratched the sand with the tip of his shoe, picked up a handful and put it in his pocket. When he got home, he took a closer look at the sand in his pocket and discovered tiny fragments of bone between the stones. (from: Short or Long , pp. 135–136).

To the name spelling

She published under both Catherine Fried-Boswell (1993) and Catherine Fried (2008). This article adheres to the spelling Catherine Boswell Fried as used by the international Erich Fried Society .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vienna - Literaturhaus Wien, Organizer: Erich Fried Gesellschaft, Nov. 7, 2008
    Aachen - Schmetz Bookstore, Nov. 11, 2008
    Freiburg - Schwanhäuser Bookshop, Nov. 12, 2008
    Berlin - Library in the Water Tower, Organizer: Sebastian Haffner Institute, Nov. Nov. 2008
    Recklinghausen - Kunsthaus Recklinghausen, organizer: New Literary Society Recklinghausen, 23 Nov. 2008
    Bad Boll - Evangelical Academy Bad Boll, 6 Dec. 2008
    London - Austrian Embassy London, 9 Dec. 2008.
  2. ^ Obituary for Catherine Boswell Fried on http://www.literaturhaus.at/
  3. ↑ Obituary for Catherine Boswell Fried (English) at http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/
  4. ^ Exhibition by Catherine Boswell Fried in Vienna (2007)
personal data
SURNAME Boswell Fried, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fried-Boswell, Catherine (full name); Fried, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sculptor, painter, photographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead , London
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2015
Place of death London