Judith Herzberg
Judith Herzberg (born November 4, 1934 in Amsterdam ; born Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg ) is a Dutch writer , poet and playwright .
Life
The daughter of the writer and lawyer Abel Jacob Herzberg and his wife Thea Loeb-Herzberg survived the persecution of the Jews during the German occupation with non-Jewish foster parents in the countryside. Her first work appeared in 1961 in the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland . In 1963 she published her first volume of poetry with Zeepost , which was followed by more.
In 1972 her first play appeared, The Door Was Open . She also wrote screenplays for films, of which Charlotte S. was particularly noted in 1981 about the fate of the Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon . For this she received the Bavarian Film Prize .
Several of her works deal with the subject of the Holocaust , including Lea's wedding , which deals with the fate of Holocaust survivors in 83 individual scenes. Herzberg teaches as a lecturer at the film schools in Amsterdam and Jerusalem. She also wrote some pieces for children and translated works by Euripides , August Strindberg , Ernst Jandl and Maxim Gorki .
Herzberg lives in Amsterdam and Jerusalem and is still politically active today. In 2006 she published a protest poem about Taida Pasić , the girl from Kosovo who was expelled from the Netherlands in April 2006.
Publications (selection)
- 1972: The door was open ( De deur stond open , play)
- 1982: On the dance floor / Schadenfreude (play)
- 1982: Lea's wedding ( Leedvermaak , play)
- 1984: Between Ice Ages (Selected Poems). German by Maria Csollány . Straelen manuscripts
- 1985: And / Or ( En / of , play)
- 1986: Mark ( Merg , play, originally libretto)
- 1986: Remnants of the day (poems - selection from 20 years)
- 1986: The Little Mermaid ( De kleine zeemeermin , play)
- 1987: The Caracal ( De Caracal. Een monoloog , play)
- 1992: Tohuwabohu ( Kras , play)
- 1992: Spring, oh yes (play)
- 1992: A good head ( Een goed hoofd , play)
- 1993: crackling (poems and prose)
- 1996: Stitching thread ( Rijgdraad , play)
- 2001: things (poems)
- 2001: The Nothing Factory ( De niets-fabriek , play)
- 2004: Maybe Travel ( Thuisreis , play)
Scripts
- 1979: Een Vrouw as Eva
- 1981: Charlotte S. ( Charlotte )
- 1982: Het Verleden
- 1989: Lea's wedding ( Leedvermaak , template only)
- 2001: Qui vive
Awards
- 1980: Jan Campert Prize for Theater and Bavarian Film Prize for the screenplay for the film Charlotte S.
- 1981: Jan Campert Prize for Poetry
- 1982: Critic award for Lea's wedding
- 1984: Joost van den Vondel Prize of the FVS Foundation, Hamburg, for her complete works
- 1988: Cestoda Prize and
- 1988: Charlotte Köhler Prize for Lea's wedding
- 1989: Dutch-Flemish Theater Prize for Tohuwabohu
- 1994: Constantijn Huygensprijs
- 2018: Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Dutch Literature Prize)
Web links
- Literature by and about Judith Herzberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Judith Herzberg in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- FemBiographie Judith Herzberg
- Biography with photo
- Photo, text sample and further biography
- Judith Herzberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herzberg, Judith |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herzberg, Judith Frieda Lina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |