Elke Vesper
Elke Vesper ( pseudonym : Elke Jacobsen , born April 2, 1949 in Hamburg ) is a German writer .
Life
Elke Vesper completed an apprenticeship as a foreign language correspondent for English , French and Spanish . From 1970 she studied German , Romance studies and philosophy at the University of Cologne . 1982 doctorate it with a dissertation on a theme from the field of Romance studies Literature for Doctor of Philosophy. This was followed by further training to become a therapist in various therapy methods. Vesper lived in France for one year and in Spain for nine years . She has a practice as a non-medical practitioner for psychotherapy and as a freelance writer based in Hamburg .
Elke Vesper has been publishing narrative works since 1983 in which she describes the fate of women - often in the form of historical and family novels. She is a member of the Association of German Writers , for whose Cologne district she temporarily acted as spokeswoman.
Works
- Free fall , Dortmund 1983
- Existentialism and Socialist Realism in Modern French Autobiography , Cologne 1984
- Stranger Sisters , Dortmund 1984
- Almost love , Dortmund 1986
- Protective skins , Dortmund 1986
- From the Black Sea to Leningrad , Hamburg 1988
- Terrible Maria , Hamburg 1991
- Kiki , Hamburg 1994
- The golden lady , Bern [u. a.] 1998
- 101 night , Bern [u. a.] 1999 (under the name Elke Jacobsen)
- The Australian's Secret , Hamburg 2003
- The women of the Wolkenraths , Frankfurt, M. 2007
- The dreams of the daughters , Frankfurt, M. 2009
- Can our love still be saved? , Frankfurt, M. 2010
- The ways of the Wolkenraths , Frankfurt, M. 2010
- The will to love , Frankfurt, M. 2013
- Loss and departure , Frankfurt, M. 2018
Individual evidence
Web links
- Short vita of Elke Vesper , online at histo-couch.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vespers, Elke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacobsen, Elke (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |