Herrad Schenk

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Herrad Schenk (born January 5, 1948 in Detmold ) is a German social scientist and writer .

Life

Herrad Schenk spent her childhood in Düsseldorf with four sisters . She is widowed and has stepchildren and grandchildren.

education

From 1954 to 1958 she attended in Dusseldorf and Heiligenkirchen the elementary school and from 1958 to 1966, a Düsseldorf language lycée . After high school she attended from 1967 to 1972 an economic and sociological studies at the universities in Cologne and York ( England ). In 1975, she was with a thesis on gerontology at the University of Cologne doctorate .

job

From 1972 to 1980 she was a research assistant at the Institute for Social Psychology at the University of Cologne . She then lived as a freelance writer in Bonn ; today it is based in Pfaffenweiler in Baden .

Herrad Schenk writes novels , short stories and essays as well as social science books . She is a member of the Association of German Writers and, since 1994, of the PEN Center Germany .

Awards

Schenk received the Georg Mackensen Literature Prize in 1979 , the Claassen Rose in 1987 and the Bonn Reading Literature Prize in 1993 .

Works

  • The continuity of the life situation as a determinant of successful aging , Hanstein, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-7756-6285-5 (At the same time dissertation at the University of Cologne , Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, 1975).
  • Settlement , Reinbek near Hamburg 1979
  • Gender role change and sexism , Weinheim [u. a.] 1979
  • The Feminist Challenge , Munich 1980
  • Impossible to build a house in the present , Darmstadt [u. a.] 1980
  • Women come without weapons , Munich 1983
  • The non-cancellability of the promise , Düsseldorf 1984
  • We live together, not alone , Cologne 1984
  • Old Mamsell's revenge , Düsseldorf 1986
  • Free love, wild marriage , Munich 1987
  • Raimund's sisters , Düsseldorf 1989
  • The liberation of female desire , Cologne 1991
  • At the end , Cologne 1994
  • How much mother does a person need? , Cologne 1996
  • The house, happiness and death , Munich 1998
  • Glück und Schicksal , Munich 2000
  • Like in a bankless stream , Munich 2002
  • The fear of old age complex , Munich 2005
  • In the bathtub , Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03776-0 ; 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04025-8 ; 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04274-0 .
  • Collect life. Olga A. - the story of a messie , Belz, Weinheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-407-85885-6 .
  • The healing power of writing: How to tell about your own life , Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59210-2 .
  • Mama's legacy , Roman, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-462-04425-6 .
  • Forever Sisters , Roman, Insel, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-458-36091-9

Editing

  • So close and yet so far, the stories with my parents , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-499-15670-9 .
  • CVs, a reading book , Beck, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-406-34072-5 .
  • Women and sexuality, a historical reading book , Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39224-5 .
  • From the simple life. Happiness search between excess and asceticism , Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42883-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schenk, Herrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social scientist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Detmold