Iris Wagner (artist)

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Manuel Brug: Richard Wagner's mute great-granddaughter is dead . In: Die WELT from January 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Eleonore Büning: On the death of Iris Wagner: The voice of reason . Obituary in the FAZ on January 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Obituary in the Berliner Tagesspiegel from January 19, 2014.
personal data
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