Erica de Bary

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Erica de Bary (born January 4, 1907 in Charlottenburg as Erika Kramer ; † April 17, 2007 in Frankfurt am Main ; also Erika de Bary , pseudonym : Erica Ruthenbeck ) was a German writer .

Life

Erica de Bary grew up in Berlin and Eisenach. Until 1914 she spent the summer months with her widowed mother in the Baltic States. In 1931 she married Herbert de Bary and moved to Frankfurt. During the German occupation, she lived in Paris and made contact with African authors and politicians, in particular Léopold Sédar Senghor and Jacques Rabemananjara, whom she later visited in Frankfurt. Janheinz Jahn and Senghor met in December 1951 in their house. In 1952 she traveled to Morocco, later to Algeria and twelve times for longer periods in the Libyan Sahara. She lived in Tuareg families that she once accompanied to North Cameroon. In 1970 she and her husband traveled to Madagascar at the invitation of Minister Jacques Rabemananjara.

Erica de Bary wrote short stories , essays , travelogues and poems . She also worked as the editor of the expedition diary of the African explorer Erwin von Bary and translated from French . Erica de Bary was a member of the German PEN Center .

literature

Almut Seiler-Dietrich: The flaky night stretches like tinder behind the silk sky "Erica de Bary: a biography. Horlemann Verlag, Angermünde 2015

Works

  • The veiled image of Paris , Paris 1943 (under the name Erica Ruthenbeck, together with Herbert de Bary)
  • Grimm-Hauff fairy tale selection , Wiesbaden 1947 (under the name Erika de Bary)
  • A child and the world , Essen 1947 (under the name Erika de Bary)
  • Chimeras of the twilight city , Wiesbaden 1947 (under the name Erika de Bary)
  • Perkeo, the little wood man , Wiesbaden 1948 (under the name Erika de Bary)
  • Ghadames, Ghadames , Munich 1961
  • In the Oasenkreis , Munich 1963
  • The flame trees , Herrenalb / Schwarzw. 1966
  • Hikes in Tassili , Heusenstamm 1971
  • In the belly of the sand , Heusenstamm 1973

Editing

Translations

  • Robert Boudry : Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo and Death , Darmstadt 1960
  • Eugène Ionesco : The marriageable girl , Munich [u. a.] 1963
  • Eugène Ionesco: The tutoring lesson , Zurich 1954
  • Jean Ikelle Matiba : Eagle and Lily in Cameroon , Herrenalb / Schwarzw. 1966
  • Jacques Rabemananjara : Island with flame syllables , Herrenalb / Black Forest 1962

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personal data
SURNAME Bary, Erica de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bary, Erika de; Ruthenbeck, Erica (pseudonym); Kramer, Erika (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2007
Place of death Frankfurt am Main