Dagmar von Gersdorff

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Dagmar von Gersdorff , b. von Forell (* 1938 in Trier ) is a German writer and literary scholar .

Life

Dagmar von Gersdorff grew up in the Westerwald and passed the high school diploma in Cologne in 1957 at the humanistic grammar school. She then worked for the Kölner Stadtanzeiger and as a feature editor for the Ruhr Nachrichten . She is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Between 1964 and 1974 she wrote six books for children and young people , which were translated into several languages ​​and were on the shortlist for the German Book Prize for Young People: Die verauschte Isabell (1964), Annett and Peter Pumpernickel (1965), Have Fun with Anemone (1967 ), The cherry tree on the roof (1968), For children: free entry! (1973) Our locomotive in the park (1974).

After marrying Bernhard von Gersdorff in 1961, she studied German and art history at the Free University of Berlin . With a dissertation on Thomas Mann and German Romanticism , she received her doctorate in philosophy in 1978 . After working as an editor at RIAS Berlin , she edited Clemens Brentano's correspondence with Sophie Mereau at Insel / Suhrkamp , who followed in 1984 with the first biography of the poet Sophie Brentano-Mereau.

From then on, von Gersdorff made a name for herself as the author of biographies and biographies which, with one exception - the biography of Marie-Luise Kaschnitz - deal with the great personalities of Goethe's time , most recently Caroline von Humboldt (2011) and all over the world just them. Princess Elisa Radziwill and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (2013). The art historian also published three text and image works on behalf of the State Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage.

Works

  • Thomas Mann and ETA Hoffmann (Diss.) Bern 1978
  • Live love and love life. The correspondence between Clemens Brentano and Sophie Mereau. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1982
  • I cannot unlearn to love you. The life of Sophie Brentano-Mereau. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984
  • Marie Luise Kaschnitz. A biography. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992
  • Queen Luise and Friedrich Wilhelm III. A love in Prussia. Berlin 1996
  • Bettina and Achim von Arnim. An almost romantic marriage. Berlin 1997
  • Goethe's mother. A biography. Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2001
  • Goethe's first great love Lili Schönemann. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2002
  • Marianne von Willemer and Goethe. The story of a love. Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2003
  • Goethe's late love. The story of Ulrike von Levetzow. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2005 (Insel-Bücherei 1265)
  • The earth has not become my home. The life of Caroline von Günderrode. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2006
  • Goethe's grandsons Walther, Wolfgang and Alma. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2009
  • Caroline von Humboldt. A biography. Insel Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-458-17502-5
  • In the whole world only them. The forbidden love between Princess Elisa Radziwill and Wilhelm of Prussia . Insel Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-17579-7
  • Julia Mann. The mother of Heinrich and Thomas Mann . Insel Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-458-17770-8
  • Father's daughter. Theodor Fontane and his daughter Mete . Insel Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-458-36430-6

Editorships

  • Live love and love life. The correspondence between Clemens Brentano and Sophie Mereau . Frankfurt 1982
  • Child portraits from four millennia . Text-image tape. Berlin 1989
  • Couples in love and married people in art . Text-image tape. Berlin 1990

Prices

  • Culture prizes of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate 1986 and 1988.
  • Wilhelm Foerster Prize of the City of Potsdam 2014

literature

  • Autobiographical text in: Irma Hildebrandt and Eva Zeller (eds.): The child in which I was. Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-596-10429-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dagmar von Gersdorff - 7 books - Perlentaucher. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ https://www.pen-deutschland.de/de/pen-zentrum-deutschland/lösungen/#people-G
  3. ↑ https://www.pen-deutschland.de/de/pen-zentrum-deutschland/lösungen
  4. ↑ Live love and love life. The correspondence between Clemens Brentano and Sophie Mereau. Frankfurt 1982, ISBN 3-458-04799-9
  5. ↑ I cannot unlearn to love you. The life of Sophie Brentano-Mereau. Frankfurt 1984, ISBN 3-458-14182-0
  6. ^ Dagmar von Gersdorff - Suhrkamp Insel Authors Author details. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gersdorff, Dagmar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forell, Dagmar von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH trier