Christa Dericum
Christa Dericum (also: Christa Pross-Dericum , Christa Dericum-Wambolt , born May 21, 1932 in Rheinberg am Niederrhein ; † December 8, 2014 ) was a German writer .
Life
Christa Dericum completed a study of the history and sociology at the universities of Heidelberg and Ann Arbor . 1964 doctorate it to the University of Heidelberg with a work on a theme from the history of Burgundy to the Doctor of Philosophy . After an internship at the Westdeutsche Zeitung in Düsseldorf , she worked as a journalist , radio editor and publisher's editor. From 1968 on she was a freelance writer and translator. Dericum's first marriage was to the social scientist Harry Pross , with whom she was based in Weiler / Allgäu . From 1998 she lived with her second husband Philipp Wambolt von Umstadt in Heidelberg .
Christa Dericum was the author of historical , essayistic and narrative works; next translated them from English and French .
Christa Dericum was a member of the Association of German Writers and the PEN Center Germany , of which she was Secretary General from 1993 to 1995. In 2001 she received a scholarship from the Villa Decius in Krakow.
Works
- Keysers Antiques Lexicon , Heidelberg [u. a.] 1961 (together with Peter-Wilhelm Meister)
- The image of cities in Burgundian historiography of the 15th century , Heidelberg 1964
- Belgium, Luxembourg , Olten [u. a.] 1971 (together with Josef Rast)
- Holland , Olten [u. a.] 1973 (together with Josef Rast)
- Fritz and Flori , Munich 1976
- Maximilian I. , Munich 1979
- Des Geyer's black heaps , Munich 1980
- Fascination of Fire , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1996
- Burgundy , Stuttgart 2000
- The time and the time after , Berlin 2003
Editing
- Rudolf Walter Leonhardt : Zeitnotizen , Munich 1963
- Burgundy and its dukes in eyewitness reports , Düsseldorf 1966
- Alfred Weber : Did we Germans fail after 1945? , Munich [u. a.] 1979
- Homeland and Homelessness , Berlin 1987 (edited with Philipp Wambolt)
Translations
- Margaret Lavinia Anderson : Windthorst , Düsseldorf 1988 (translated together with Hildegard Möller)
- Stanislav Andreski : The sorcerers of the social sciences , Munich 1974
- Carl J. Friedrich : Tradition and Authority , Munich 1974
- Denis Hay : History of Italy in the Renaissance , Stuttgart 1962
- Jean Héritier : Katharina von Medici , Stuttgart 1964
- John H. Plumb : The future of history , Munich 1971
- The Russian Intelligentsia , Stuttgart 1962
Web links
- Christa Dericum on the website of the Heidelberg City Library
- Interview with Christa Dericum from 2002
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dericum, Christa |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pross-Dericum, Christa; Dericum-Wambolt, Christa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinberg |
DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 2014 |