Gabriele Hoffmann (writer)

Gabriele Hoffmann (* 19th November 1942 in Berlin as Christine Gabriele Kruger ) is a German historian , journalist and writer .

Life

She studied history , literary studies and philosophy , received her doctorate in contemporary history under Fritz Fischer at the University of Hamburg in 1970, worked for the Norddeutscher Rundfunk , Radio Bremen and Stern and lives in Bremen . She is a member of the board of the Bremen Historical Society .

Her biography Heinrich Böll was included in the selection list for the German Youth Book Prize in 1978 . For “Constantia von Cosel and August the Strong” she received the 2nd historical non-fiction book prize at Schloss Burg, and the German Prize for Monument Protection in the journalism category for a radio feature on archeology in Germany .

Book publications (selection)

• Social Democracy and Professional Civil Service. On the question of change and continuity in the relationship between social democracy and professional civil servants during the Weimar period. Buske, Hamburg 1972, ISBN 3-87118-084-X (Dissertation Hamburg 1970) (= Hamburg Historical Studies , Volume 4).
• Christine Gabriele Hoffmann: Heinrich Böll. Dressler, 2nd edition Hamburg 1978, ISBN 3-7915-5003-9 (substantially expanded editions published by Gabriele Hoffmann in Lamuv Verlag 1986 and Heyne 1991).
• Constantia von Cosel and August the Strong. The story of a mistress. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1984, ISBN 3-7857-0379-1 (22nd edition 2012).
• Summer heroes. Cheerful sailing novel. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-548-20504-6 .
• Sunken worlds. Ships and cities on the ocean floor. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1985, ISBN 3-7857-0402-X .
• Women make history. From Empress Theophanu to Rosa Luxemburg. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, ISBN 3-7857-0578-6 .
• The house on the Elbchaussee: The Godeffroys. The rise and fall of a dynasty. Kabel, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-8225-0465-3 (8th edition 2010).
• Die Schiffbrüchigen , Roman, Europa-Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-203-78045-3 .
• Treasures under water. Adventure archeology. Europa-Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-203-75100-3 .
• Annas Atoll , Roman, Europa-Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-203-78046-1 .
• Max M. Warburg. Published by the Zeit Foundation in Ellert & Richter Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8319-0326-9 .
• The ice fortress. Hamburg under the cold grip of Napoleon , Piper, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-30183-1 .
• Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer. The story of a great love. Insel-Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-458-17617-6 .

Scientific papers

• Industrial espionage in the South Seas: HH Meyer and Joh. Ces. Godeffroy. In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , 76, 1997, pp. 101–114.
• La cogue de Brême, navire de charge médiéval. With Uwe Schnall. In: Chasse-Marée , 171, 2004, pp. 38–51.
• Precious cogs: rare images from illuminated manuscripts and Gothic churches. In: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv , 27, 2004, pp. 7–33.
• The Bremen Cog: A Portrait of a Ship's Type. With Uwe Schnall. In: Maritime Life and Traditions , 27, 2005, pp. 12-25.
• Sailing with the Bremen cog. With Per Hoffmann. In: Jahrbuch der Männer vom Morgenstern , 86, 2007, pp. 249–271.
• Sailing the Bremen Cog. With Per Hoffmann. In: The International Journal of Nautical Archeology , 38.2, 2009, pp. 281-296.
• The forgotten files - Max Warburg and the General Trust Office for Jewish Emigration GmbH. In: Bremisches Jahrbuch , 89, 2010, pp. 243–262.

Editing

• 900 years of wet feet. Landscape from dykes and ditches Hauschild, Bremen 1990, ISBN 3-926598-34-4 .
• The cog. Great moment in German naval archeology. With Uwe Schnall. German Maritime Museum, Convent-Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-934613-50-0 .

literature

• Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. Volume 67, 2010/2011, ISSN  0343-0936 , Vol. 1, p. 500.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gabriele Hoffmann in the catalog of the German National Library