Charlotte Worgitzky
Charlotte Worgitzky (born June 6, 1934 in Annaberg / Erzgebirge , † December 14, 2018 in Berlin ) was a German writer .
Live and act
Charlotte Worgitzky was the daughter of a lawyer. She grew up in Leipzig . There she attended, among other things, a drama school from 1951 to 1954 , then the Leipzig Theater Academy . She then had engagements on various stages, most recently at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin . She was a participant in a writing circle led by Peter Hacks and gave up the acting profession to devote herself entirely to literature as a freelance writer .
Under the auspices of feminism , she was the author of narrative works in which she treated topics such as equality for women, abortion and euthanasia .
Charlotte Worgitzky was a member of the German Writers' Association from 1975 and belonged to the Association of German Writers from 1990 until the end of her life, and from 1994 to 1997 also as a member of the federal executive committee.
From 1961 she lived in Berlin, where she died in December 2018 at the age of 84. She found her final resting place in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin-Mitte .
Works
- The innocent. Buchverlag Der Morgen , Berlin 1975 (2nd edition 1976).
- Four-eyed or blind. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1978 (2nd edition 1980); Licensed edition: Droemer Knaur . Munich 1986. ISBN 3-426-08046-X .
- My unborn children. Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1982 (5th edition 1989); New edition: Morgenbuch Verlag, Berlin 1991 (6th edition 1992) ISBN 3-371-00349-3 ; Licensed edition: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-423-11983-7 .
- Today only the others die . Buchverlag Der Morgen, Berlin 1986. ISBN 3-371-00017-6 ; New edition: Morgenbuch Verlag, Berlin (3rd edition 1991). ISBN 3-371-00350-7 ; Licensed edition: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag , Munich 1993. ISBN 3-423-11764-8 .
- Dream of the possible. Morgenbuch Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-371-00293-4 .
- Long evening. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-596-15000-0 .
- Karla's freedom. Prospero Verlag , Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-941688-17-9 .
- The big part. Edition EP ( self-published by Create Space ), Berlin - North Charleston ( USA ) 2017, ISBN 978-1-5430-4601-4 .
literature
- Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Charlotte Worgitzky, p. 120 f .
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte Worgitzky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charlotte Worgitzky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charlotte Worgitzky is dead , verdi.de, accessed on December 20, 2018
- ^ Private obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung from 29./30. December 2018, p. 14
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SURNAME | Worgitzky, Charlotte |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Annaberg , Ore Mountains |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 2018 |
Place of death | Berlin |