Iris Wagner (artist)
Iris Wagner (born June 12, 1942 in Bayreuth ; † January 9, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German artist and translator who came from the Wagner family .
Life
Iris Wagner was the oldest child of Wieland Wagner and thus a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner . She grew up in the Wahnfried house with her younger siblings Wolf Siegfried , Nike and Daphne .
Iris Wagner studied German in Tübingen and worked as a painter, photographer and filmmaker. She later translated literature from English, including works by Doris Lessing . Although she was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Richard Wagner Foundation for many years , she was more cautious about the public compared to her siblings and cousins.
Iris Wagner died after a long illness at the age of 71 in Berlin and was buried in the Bayreuth city cemetery.
Works
- 1972: Screenplay and film music for Harlis , screenplay together with Robert van Ackeren and Joy Markert . Wagner's film music received the German Film Prize in 1973
- 1975: Screenplay for The Last Schrei , together with Robert van Ackeren and Joy Markert
- 1979: Translation by Sylvia Plath : Letters home 1950–1963
- 1978: Translation by Doris Lessing : The golden notebook
- 1981: Translation by Doris Lessing: Martha Quest , together with Karin Kersten
- 1982: Translation by Doris Lessing: A real marriage , together with Karin Kersten
- 1983: Translation by Doris Lessing: Sturmzeichen , together with Karin Kersten
- 1983: Translation by Doris Lessing: Landumschlossen , together with Karin Kersten
- 1984: Translation by Doris Lessing: Die viertorige Stadt , together with Karin Kersten
- 2014: Photographs from the illustrated book Mallorca, Manacor , edited by Antje Ellermann at Verlag Nicolai , Berlin
Web links
- Iris Wagner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Manuel Brug: Richard Wagner's mute great-granddaughter is dead . In: Die WELT from January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Eleonore Büning: On the death of Iris Wagner: The voice of reason . Obituary in the FAZ on January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Obituary in the Berliner Tagesspiegel from January 19, 2014.
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SURNAME | Wagner, Iris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayreuth |
DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 2014 |
Place of death | Berlin |