Fiona Lorenz

Fiona Lorenz (born August 20, 1962 in West Berlin ; died July 29, 2014 in Potsdam ) was a German-British social scientist, author, translator and humanist activist. As such, she was on the Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation , member of the Humanist Association Berlin-Brandenburg and editor of the Humanist Press Service .

Life

Fiona Lorenz grew up bilingually in a German-British household . She later acquired language skills in Luxembourgish , French and Spanish .

From 1976 to 1981 Lorenz went to school at the Marburger Landschulheim Steinmühle , where he graduated from high school .

From 1981 to 1986 she studied English , American and Japanese studies at the University of Marburg . From 1986 to 1988 she trained as a foreign language secretary in Marburg.

In 1988 she began studying pedagogy at the University of Trier , which she completed in 1994 with a degree in pedagogy . From 1994 to 1996 she was the women's representative at the same university. From 1997 to 2003 she did her doctorate at the University of Trier in the subject of pedagogy on the dissertation topic of the university environment. A guideline survey of university graduates .

In 2009, Rowohlt-Verlag published her book Why do I need a god? published. The children's book Where please goes to God? Published by Michael Schmidt-Salomon in 2011 asked the little piglet , Lorenz later translated into English.

On streitbar.eu she published an essay against the so-called women's quota , written for the humanist press service .

Lorenz had already had breast cancer in 2001 and died of its consequences in July 2014 at the age of 51.

Works

• University as a living space: life concepts for university graduates . Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 978-3-8244-4564-6 (also dissertation at the University of Trier 2003).
• What do I need a god for? Conversations with apostates and unbelievers , illustrations by Ralf König , rororo, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-62473-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Fiona Lorenz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fiona Lorenz in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Fiona Lorenz. Dr. Fiona Lorenz (deceased 2014) was a member of the advisory board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation and a member of the Humanist Association Berlin-Brandenburg. The educational scientist and pedagogue, book author and freelance artist was editor and deputy editor-in-chief of the humanistic press service for many years. diesseits.de, August 2014, accessed on August 5, 2014 . 
2. ↑ CV 2-4. (No longer available online.) Fionalorenz.de, p. 2 , archived from the original on February 8, 2014 ; accessed on August 5, 2014 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ CV 1-4. (No longer available online.) Fionalorenz.de, p. 1,4 , archived from the original on February 8, 2014 ; accessed on August 5, 2014 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Fiona Lorenz: Just no quota for women! (Article) (No longer available online.) Streitbar.eu, 2011, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on September 13, 2014 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Michael Schmidt-Salomon: "Life is unfair, but beautiful". The humanist and gbs adviser Fiona Lorenz died at the age of 51 in Potsdam. Giordano Bruno Foundation, July 31, 2014, accessed on August 5, 2014 (German).