Fanny Morweiser

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Fanny Morweiser (born March 11, 1940 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , † August 18, 2014 in Mosbach ) was a German writer .

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Fanny morweiser visited in Ludwigshafen, the then "old and modern language school at Bismarckstraße" and then studied at the Free Art Academy Mannheim main subjects drawing , painting and sculpture to with the aim books illustrate . When she sent some drawings to Diogenes Verlag , to which she attached the text of the book that was still to be written, the publisher did not receive them, but they liked the text. In 1971, he became her first novel Lalu lalula, poor little Ophelia , which was published in the fall of 1971. The book attracted a lot of attention in the German-language press and even Der Spiegel introduced the author to its readers in a larger article. In the course of the following decades, Fanny Morweiser wrote other novels and short stories. Her complete works comprise thirteen volumes.

In addition to her literary work, Fanny Morweiser worked as a visual artist in Mosbach. Morweiser's husband Christian Morweiser was a judge at the Mosbach Regional Court. Fanny Morweiser died in August 2014 after a serious illness.

Works

  • Lalu lalula, poor little Ophelia. A scary love story (detebe; 20608). Diogenes, Zurich 1971, ISBN 3-257-20608-9 .
  • La vie en rose. A romantic novel (detebe; 20609). Diogenes, Zurich 1973, ISBN 3-257-20609-7 .
  • Indian Leo and other stories from Wild West Germany (detebe; 20799). Diogenes, Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-257-20799-9 .
  • The pumpkin lady. A Small Town Trilogy; Stories (detebe; 20758). Diogenes, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-257-20758-1 .
  • A summer in David's house. Roman (detebe; 21059). Diogenes, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-257-21059-0 .
  • O pink. A melancholy novel (detebe; 21280). Diogenes, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-257-21280-1 .
  • Voodoo Emmi. Stories (detebe; 21541). Diogenes, Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-257-21541-X .
  • A winter without snow; Roman (detebe; 21693). Diogenes, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-257-21693-9 .
  • The medium. Roman (detebe; 22649). Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-22649-7 .
  • The taxi dancer. Stories (detebe; 23297). Diogenes, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-257-23297-7 .
  • Black tulip. Roman (detebe; 23359). Diogenes, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-257-23359-0 .
  • Deidesheim Elegy or How Not to Write a Crime. Narrative. Palatinate Art Blinn, Landau / Pfalz 2004, ISBN 3-922580-97-1 .
  • Un joli garçon. Roman (detebe; 23778). Diogenes, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-257-23778-8 .
Contributions (short stories) in anthologies
  • Olga's revenge. In: Unser Land - Heimatkalender für Neckartal, Odenwald, Bauland and Kraichgau 1988. pp. 42-48 (first published in 1986 in Brigitte 21/86 and reprinted in the volume Voodoo-Emmi under the title Blindekuh ).
  • The green dog. In: Ink Fountain - The magazine for the overwhelmed intellectual. 27 (2003), pp. 88-112.
  • The house on the mountain. In: SOKO Metropolitan Region Rhein-Neckar (Hrsg.): Murderous inventive spirit. Meßkirchen 2011, pp. 147–182.
  • It was like that with Herr Taube. In: Lisa Kuppler (Ed.): Tödlichs Blechle. Hamburg 2006, pp. 139–151.
  • Emma. In: Lisa Kuppler (Ed.): A Schwob, a Mord. Hamburg 2008, pp. 98–118.

Appreciation and awards

The author also received recognition outside of the German-speaking area. Her first two novels were translated into Polish in the mid-1970s. Some of her short stories from the anthology "The Taxi Dancer" appeared in various American and Canadian literary yearbooks in the late 1990s. In 2002 Fanny Morweiser was given the post of "Deidesheim Tower Clerk" for two years by the "Foundation for the Promotion of Literature in the Palatinate" .

Film adaptations

literature

  • Manfred Lauffs: Article: Fanny Morweiser , in: Critical Lexicon of Contemporary Literature (2001).
  • Sebastian Parzer: Fanny Morweiser was 70 years old - she started writing in Obrigheim , in: Obrigheim - yesterday and today 20 (2010), pp. 91–93.
  • Erich Renner: Stories were always there , Landau 1992, pp. 195–208 (Fanny Morweiser - Interview from May 19, 1991).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lalula with coffin . In: Der Spiegel . No. 41 , 1971, p. 203-206 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Morweiser, Fanny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 2014
Place of death Mosbach