Catherine Wirth

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Catherine Wirth , actually Katharina Walpurga Wirth , (born March 23, 1931 in Laufersweiler , † 2006 in Paris ) was a German writer .

Life

Katharina Walpurga Wirth came from a poor family in the Hunsrück . She was the eldest daughter of Wilhelm Wirth and Katharina Wirth, née Quint. She had three other siblings. At the age of 14, after completing her schooling, she worked as a maid. She met the Frenchman Marcel Maufrais, whom she married on October 4, 1949. On October 12, 1949, she moved to France with her husband and from then on called herself Catherine Maufrais. She worked as a geriatric nurse and it wasn't until she retired in 1990 that she began to write and published her works under the name Catherine Wirth. Her novels are about her homeland, the Hunsrück, and her family. Catherine Maufrais died in Paris in 2006 at the age of 75.

Works

  • From the Kappelei to Bärenbach. Autobiographical novel . Pandion Verlag, Bad Kreuznach 1997, ISBN 3-922929-69-9 .
  • The fairies from Witch Hill. The secret of a Hunsrück spring . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 1998, ISBN 3-922929-78-8 .
  • The Reich family and their twisted cog. Hunsrück novel . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2000, ISBN 3-922929-87-7 .
  • Where are you pulling me Hunsrück novel . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2001, ISBN 3-934524-22-2 .
  • In the shadow of a love a true love story . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2001, ISBN 3-934524-24-9 .
  • Hunsrück - made in USA. Hunsrück novel . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2002, ISBN 3-934524-31-1 .
  • The Hiebsannchen. The life of a peddler from the Hunsrück; Novel . Pandion Verlag, Simmern 2004, ISBN 3-934524-42-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catherine Wirth: From the Kappelei to Bärenbach. An autobiographical novel . Pandion-Verlag, Simmern 1997, ISBN 3-922929-69-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Wirth, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wirth, Katharina Walpurga (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Laufersweiler
DATE OF DEATH 2006
Place of death Paris