Irmela Brender

Irmela Brender , later also Irmela Eisenhardt-Brender (born April 20, 1935 as Irmela Gütle in Mannheim ; † March 1, 2017 in Sindelfingen ) was a German writer and translator .

Life

After attending grammar school in Mannheim and spending one year as an exchange student in the United States, Irmela Brender completed an internship at a daily newspaper. She then worked as a journalist for the press and radio as well as an editor in a youth book publisher. At Süddeutscher Rundfunk , she and Johannes Lehmann presented the program “ Bücherbar” on SDR 1 on Sunday evenings for many years . From 1970 she was a freelance writer. Brender lived in Sindelfingen .

Irmela Brender was the author of novels , short stories and poems for children and young people. She was also a translator of narrative works from English .

Irmela Brender was a member of the Association of German Writers , the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ, and the PEN Center Germany .

In 1980 she received the Literature Prize of the City of Stuttgart , in 1989 the Helmut Sontag Prize of the German Library Association and in 1992 the Wieland Gold Medal of the City of Biberach .

Works

• Again: thank you. Stuttgart 1961
• The dark mirror or the necessary friendliness. Stuttgart 1963
• Young man is looking for a quiet post . Radio play ( WDR / RB ) 1965
• ... and write from Warsaw. Stuttgart 1966
• Five islands under one roof. Gütersloh 1971
• ix tricks. Stuttgart 1971
• Happy, high, dead. Ravensburg 1972
• Jeannette at the time of Schanett. Gütersloh 1972
• Simonetta with the red bow. Vienna [et al.] 1972
• It is also called berry. Baden-Baden 1973
• Do you ever shave, General? Gütersloh 1973
• Dispute book for children. Weinheim 1973 (together with Günther Stiller)
• Yes book for kids. Weinheim 1974 (together with Günther Stiller)
• The day that is mine alone. Gütersloh 1975
• A. Basel 1975
• Four candles in December. Gütersloh 1975
• First left, then right !. Gütersloh 1976
• The child family. Munich 1976
• City faces. Munich 1980
• Windows are like mirrors. Munich 1983
• About Miss Marple. Stuttgart 1983
• In reality everything is pretty good. Munich 1984
• About Father Brown. Stuttgart 1984
• Nolle Kroll and the Blackbirds. Würzburg 1986
• Above all freedom. Weinheim 1987
• Julia's other day. Wuerzburg 1988
• Playing with marbles in silence. Munich 1988
• Christoph Martin Wieland. Reinbek 1990
• The Swabian Sphinx. Stuttgart 1990
• Finkengasse towards Starenweg. Frankfurt am Main 1992
• Of moors, rocks, crocus meadows. Stuttgart 1993
• Splash-splash Patrizia. Hamburg 1994
• A completely made up correspondence. Stuttgart 1997
• Was a llama in Alabama once. Hamburg 2001

Editing

• Cecylia Lewandowska : Shuttlecocks. Stuttgart 1966
• At home and elsewhere. Stuttgart 1976 (published together with Michael Ende )
• Update on Rumpelstiltskin and other Fairy Tales by 43 Authors . Weinheim [ua] 1976 (published together with Hans-Joachim Gelberg)
• Inside Out Places . Weinheim 1977 (published together with Hans-Joachim Gelberg )
• The thing about sex. Weinheim 1977

Translations

• Chester Aaron : Better than Laughter . Pictures by Willi Glasauer , Weinheim 1976
• Janet Ahlberg : blunderbusses around Benson's knee. Hamburg 1981
• Janet Ahlberg: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf ?. Hamburg 1980
• Joan Aiken : A touch of frost. Hamburg 1981
• Joan Aiken: The Witch of Clatteringshaws. Hamburg 2005
• Joan Aiken: Isa and the gang of smugglers. Hamburg 1996
• Joan Aiken: A chuckle in the air. Hamburg 1984
• Joan Aiken: The Children of Holderness. Hamburg 1994
• Joan Aiken: A crackle in the beams. Hamburg 1992
• Joan Aiken: A murmur in the night. Hamburg 1983
• Joan Aiken: A shiver on the skin. Hamburg 1989
• Joan Aiken: A scream in the night. Hamburg 1997
• Joan Aiken: The Aratu Death Cliff. Hamburg 2000
• Joan Aiken: The Nightingale's Death Call. Hamburg 2004
• Joan Aiken: Traitor to the Light. Hamburg 1999
• Alice Bach : Come from the clouds, Tessa. Stuttgart 1978
• Thomas A. Barron : The tree child. Munich 2004
• Thomas A. Barron: The Secret of Halami. Munich 2003
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin and the magic mirror. Munich 2001
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin and the Trials by Fire. Munich 2000
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin and the Wings of Freedom. Munich 2002
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin and the seven steps to wisdom. Munich 2000
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin - how it all began. Munich 2003
• Thomas A. Barron: Merlin . Munich

1. Merlin's Dragon 2009
2. The big job. 2010
3. The battle of the endless fires. 2011

• Thomas A. Barron: The miracle of stopped time. Munich 2005
• Thomas A. Barron: The Magic of Avalon. Munich

1. Seven stars and the dark prophecy. 2005
2. In the shadow of the light gates. 2006
3. The eternal flame. 2007

• Ben Bova : Trapped in New York. Stuttgart 1978
• Linda Buckley-Archer : The Chronicles of the Time Walkers. Ravensburg
  • 1. The lord without a name. 2008
• Kristin Cashore : The recipient. Hamburg 2009
• Sylvia Cassedy : Lucy's house. Hamburg 1991
• Kathryn Cave : The Emperor's Gruckelhund. Hamburg 2004
• Kathryn Cave: William and the Wolves. Hamburg 2001
• Imogen Chichester : Trixelinchen witch child. Stuttgart 1967
• Agatha Christie : Murder in the rectory. Bern [et al.] 1999
• Judith Beth Cohen : Seasons. Reinbek near Hamburg 1979
• Roger Collinson : Willy can't help that. Hamburg 1996
• Roger Collinson: And then a girl too. Hamburg 1985
• Roger Collinson: Willy can do it all. Hamburg 1997
• Caroline B. Cooney : Ransom for Mercy Carter. Hamburg 2004
• William Corlett : The Dark Side of the Moon. Wuerzburg 1981
• Josephine Croser : The speaking stone. Hamburg 1992
• Julia Cunningham : The mouse called Kunkel. Munich 1981
• Patty Then : Mrs. Flax & Daughters. Hamburg 1988
• Andrew Davies : Alfonso Bonzo. Erlangen 1987
• Andrew Davies: Let's do it, said Doctor Gluuk. Stuttgart 1976
• Meindest De Jong : The blue cat that eats olives. Stuttgart 1973
• Meindest De Jong: The horse that came in the storm. Stuttgart 1972
• Nick Denchfield : Piepmatz Pit and Brother Pat. Hamburg 2000
• John Donovan : The protective layer has to be removed carefully. Weinheim 1975
• Rosalyn Drexler : An unmarried widow. Reinbek 1976
• Hans Jürgen Eysenck : The experimental society. Reinbek 1973
• Catherine Fisher : The Secret of Darkwater Hall, Hamburg 2002
• Catherine Fisher: The Power of the Amulet. Hamburg 2003
• John D. Fitzgerald : My brother Jerry. Solothurn 1975
• Just ask Alice. Stuttgart 1973
• Jackie French : The Path to Dreamtime. Hamburg 1995
• Simon French : Somewhere on a street. Hamburg 1992
• Jack Gantos : Stay on the carpet, Joey. Hamburg 2001
• Jack Gantos: Joey, off through the middle. Hamburg 2000
• Andrew Gibson : Abradiesel. Hamburg 1993
• Andrew Gibson: Don't worry about little monsters. Hamburg 1994
• Patricia Reilly Giff : Feel the happiness down to your toes. Hamburg 2004
• Patricia Reilly Giff: Sometimes wishes come true. Hamburg 1999
• Martha Grimes : With umbrella and flashing pistol. Reinbek near Hamburg 1993
• Bernice Grohskopf : 30-day book. Freiburg im Breisgau [among others] 1978
• Dorothy Haas : Bären came out of a taxi, Hamburg 1979
• Willis Hall : Dragon Hunt. Hamburg 1986
• Willis Hall: Henry Hollins blows up. Hamburg 1985
• Willis Hall: Hunt the Vampire. Hamburg 1997
• Willis Hall: Don't be afraid of Dr. Jekyll! Hamburg 1989
• Willis Hall: The Last Vampire. Hamburg 1983
• Willis Hall: The Vampire's Revenge. Hamburg 1994
• Willis Hall: Vacation greetings from the vampire. Hamburg 1992
• Willis Hall: Christmas greetings from the vampire. Hamburg 1995
• Thomas A. Harris : I am ok, you are ok. Reinbek 1973
• Lian Hearn : The Otori clan. Hamburg

1. The sword in the silence. 2003
2. The path in the snow. 2004
3. The vastness of the sky. 2008

• Nigel Hinton : Risky ride. Stuttgart 1980
• Kristin Hunter : Who wants to survive. Baden-Baden 1977
• Muriel James : Live spontaneously. Reinbek near Hamburg 1974
• Ezra Jack Keats : Catch Us !. Stuttgart 1974
• Alexander Key : The door to another world. Stuttgart 1976
• Dick King-Smith : Aristoteles, Hamburg 2004
• Rudyard Kipling : Stories for the very dearest darling. Hamburg 1987
• Oliver La Farge : Indian love story. Weinheim 1977
• Elizabeth Laird : Ben laughs. Hamburg 1991
• Elizabeth Laird: Battle of the Comic Book Kids. Hamburg 1990
• Elizabeth Laird: The Pink Ghost from Lamont. Hamburg 1994
• Elizabeth Laird: Carry me over the mountains. Hamburg 1993
• Kathryn Lasky : Beyond the watershed. Hamburg 1986
• Timothy Leary: Politics of Ecstasy. Hamburg 1970
• Ronald Lee : Damn gypsy. Weinheim 1978
• Penelope Lively : The Pharmacist's Spirit. Hamburg 2006
• Penelope Lively: A haunt rarely comes alone. Erlangen 1986
• Penelope Lively: Damn it, who's haunted? Erlangen 1984
• Michelle Magorian : The boy from London. Stuttgart 1982
• Geraldine McCaughrean : Lots of lies. Hamburg 1991
• Hilary McKay : All the luck in the world. Hamburg 2009
• Hilary McKay: Is it all a coincidence or what? Hamburg 1999
• Hilary McKay: The Amber Cat. Hamburg 1997
• Hilary McKay: Desperately looking for angels. Hamburg 2003
• Hilary McKay: It feels like flying. Hamburg 2007
• Hilary McKay: The Spirit World Express. Hamburg 2001
• Hilary McKay: A dog named Friday. Hamburg 1996
• Hilary McKay: It must be our lucky day. Hamburg 2005
• Hilary McKay: A rose for breakfast. Hamburg 2006
• Hilary McKay: Chocolate Pudding School. Hamburg 2000
• Hilary McKay: Upstairs, downstairs, follow the dragon. Hamburg 2007
• Hilary McKay: four crazy sisters. Hamburg 1994
• Hilary McKay: Four crazy sisters and a friend in Africa. Hamburg 1995
• Hilary McKay: Four crazy sisters with crushes. Hamburg 1998
• Marijane Meaker : The Maiden's Tower. Baden-Baden 1976
• Marijane Meaker: Save tenderness. Baden-Baden 1975
• Marijane Meaker: And who loves me. Gütersloh 1974
• Jan Michael : I'm Joshua and my father is a hero. Hamburg 1999
• Shirley Rousseau Murphy : Jenny. Baden-Baden 1977
• Karel Nový : The fisherman from the blue bay. Stuttgart 1967 (translated together with Blanka Fantová)
• Zibby Oneal : In the summer light . Hamburg 1987
• KM Peyton : On the trail of the perpetrators. Stuttgart 1979
• François Raoul-Duval : Petali and Gurigu or How the birds got their color. Stuttgart 1973
• François Raoul-Duval: Walia and Gurigu or How the Jaguar got its spots. Stuttgart 1974
• Annette Roome : A career with a shot. Frankfurt am Main 1992
• Annette Roome: Love with a shot. Frankfurt am Main 1994
• Fatima Shaik : Melinde. Hamburg 1999
• Julie Smith : Mute as a fish. Frankfurt am Main 1994
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder : Amanda and the Poltergeist. Stuttgart 1973
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder: The Wisp. Stuttgart 1974
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder: Pamela and the pony herd. Stuttgart 1975
• Noel Streatfeild : ballet shoes. Hamburg 2009
• Noel Streatfeild: circus shoes. Hamburg 2010
• Craig Kee Strete : Paint your face on a vortex in the river. Hamburg 1981
• Robert E. Swindells : Flint and Smoke Signal. Hamburg 1975
• John Tully : The glass knife. Weinheim [et al.] 1980
• Hone Tuwhare : What's more real than dying. Straelen 1985
• Jean Ure : Pure bacon must go !. Hamburg 1997
• Jean Webster : Daddy Long Legs. Hamburg 1995
• Terence H. White : The Book of Merlin. Düsseldorf [et al.] 1980
• Ian Whybrow : Who's Afraid of Wolf Wolf ?. Hamburg 1997
• Ian Whybrow: Wolf, forest detective. Hamburg 2002
• Ian Whybrow: Wolf's motley suggestion box. Hamburg 2001
• Ian Whybrow: Little Wolf Wolf's eerily beautiful school. Hamburg 1999
• Ian Whybrow: Wolf's valiant deeds. Hamburg 1998
• Forrest Wilson : Super grandma. Hamburg 1983
• Forrest Wilson: Superoma cleans up. Hamburg 1985

Web links

• Literature by and about Irmela Brender in the catalog of the German National Library
• Irmela Brender at Lyrikline
• Entry on Irmela Brender in Authors in Baden-Württemberg
• Obituary for Irmela Brender, by Renate Birkenhauer and Helga Pfetsch, for the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works VdÜ, 2017. As print in: Translate 2, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary for Irmela Brender, ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by literary critic Denis Scheck , ARD Mediathek , March 9, 2017, accessed on March 9, 2017