Astrid Gehlhoff-Claes

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Astrid Gehlhoff-Claes (born Astrid Claes , born January 6, 1928 in Leverkusen , † December 1, 2011 in Düsseldorf ) was a German writer .

Life

Astrid Gehlhoff-Claes was born as the daughter of the Mayor of Leverkusen , Heinrich Claes . She grew up in Leverkusen to the impeachment of her father by the Nazis on. In 1933 the family moved to Cologne . From 1947 Gehlhoff-Claes studied German language and literature and history at the University of Cologne and in London ; 1953 doctorate it with a thesis on Gottfried Benn in Cologne for the Doctor of Philosophy . She worked as a research assistant and began to publish her first literary works; she was supported by Gottfried Benn. She lived in Cologne-Lindenthal until the early 1970s , then on Kaiserstraße in the Düsseldorf district of Pempelfort and later in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel . She volunteered in social work with prisoners and founded the association “With words on the move - writers work with prisoners” in 1975, of which she was chairman until 1988.

Gehlhoff-Claes was married to the business journalist Joachim Gehlhoff, with whom she had the daughter Rachel. Her first daughter Undine Gruenter (1952–2002), who emerged as a writer , came from a relationship with the German scholar Rainer Gruenter .

Gehlhoff-Claes wrote narrative prose and poetry ; next to it translated , they are mainly from the English .

Gehlhoff-Claes was a member of the Association of German Writers and GEDOK . She received u. a. The following awards: 1962 the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize , 1964 the Literature Prize of the City of Cologne , 1965 the Prize of the Immermann Prize of the City of Düsseldorf , 1986 the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class, 1989 the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia ; In 1992 she was the guest of honor at Villa Massimo .

Works

  • Gottfried Benn's lyrical style , Cologne 1953
  • The Mannequin , Wiesbaden 1956
  • My voice, my ship , Cologne [u. a.] 1962
  • Dido's death , Cologne [a. a.] 1964
  • Astrid Gehlhoff-Claes , Düsseldorf 1973
  • Strawberry ice cream , Düsseldorf 1980
  • An orange tree towards evening , Düsseldorf 1983
  • Farewell to power , Krefeld 1987
  • Obituary for a parrot , Krefeld 1989
  • Hug a tree , Krefeld 1991 (together with Felix Kamphausen)
  • Islands of Memory , Düsseldorf 2002
  • Abraham's Sacrifice. Dido's death , Düsseldorf 2004

Editing

  • Else Lasker-Schüler : Letters to Karl Kraus , Cologne [a. a.] 1959
  • Until the door breaks open , Düsseldorf 1982

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personal data
SURNAME Gehlhoff-Claes, Astrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Claes, Astrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Leverkusen
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 2011
Place of death Dusseldorf