Erma Bombeck

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Erma Louise Bombeck (born February 21, 1927 - April 22, 1996 ), née Erma Fiste , was an American writer who achieved great popularity in the second half of the 20th century through her humorous books and newspaper columns .

Bombeck had three children himself and at the age of 37 began to write about the ups and downs in the life of a housewife and mother. From 1965 to her death in 1996, more than four thousand of her columns were published in around 800 daily newspapers; she wrote her last column six days before her death.

Bombeck was diagnosed with a cystic kidney disease (Polycystic Kidney Disease) . On April 3, 1996, she was given a kidney transplant in a hospital in San Francisco . After complications, she died on April 22nd. Bombeck was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Dayton , Ohio .

Works

  • At wit's end. 1967 (German: Only the pudding hears my sigh. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1981 ISBN 3-404-11159-1 )
  • At wit's end - The Gras is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. 1972 (German: I set my heart to summer time. 1983)
  • I lost everything in the post-natal depression. 1973 (German: I lost my heart in the laundry basket. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1981 ISBN 3-7857-0276-0 )
  • If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits? 1978 (German: When my world is full of cherries, what do I do with the seeds? Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1980 ISBN 3-7857-0250-7 )
  • Aunt Erma's cope book. 1979 (German: I give myself red roses every day. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1979 ISBN 3-7857-0320-1 )
  • Motherhood, the second oldest profession. 1983 (German: four hands and a heart full of love: the smiling wisdom of the world's most famous housewife. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1985 ISBN 3-7857-0395-3 )
  • Family - The Ties that bind and gag! 1987 (German: When my mistakes learned to run. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1991 ISBN 3-404-11700-X )
  • Family life is funny: the most beautiful stories. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1989 ISBN 3-404-11474-4
  • I want to grow hair, I want to grow up, I want to go to Boise. 1989 (German: good morning, dear day: children who conquer cancer. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1989 ISBN 3-7857-0548-4 )
  • When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home. 1991 (German: Help, I'm on vacation: the enjoyable travel disasters of the most famous housewife in the world. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1991 ISBN 3-7857-0607-3 )
  • All I know about animal behavior I learned in Loehmann's dressing room. 1995 (German: The jungle begins at the rooting table: everything about animals in humans. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1996 ISBN 3-7857-0816-5 )
  • Forever, Erma: best-loved writing from American's favorite humorist. 1996 (German: The day I found the sock: new stories from the most famous housewife in the world. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 1998 ISBN 3-7857-0909-9 )
  • Forever, Erma 1996 (German: mice in the piano and other dear guests: the latest stories from the world's most famous housewife. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 2000 ISBN 3-7857-0980-3 )
  • It can also be champagne. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe 2001 ISBN 3-7857-2061-0

literature

  • Lynn Hutner Colwell: Erma Bombeck: writer and humorist. Hillside, NJ, USA: Enslow 1992 ISBN 0-89490-384-5

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personal data
SURNAME Bombeck, Erma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bombeck, Erma Louise (full name); Fiste, Erma (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1927
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1996