Karin Dunse

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Karin Dunse in December 2018

Karin Dunse (full name Karin Elisabeth Dunse nee Pflueg ; * 1953 in Hanover ) is a German literary scholar and author . Today she lives and works in the Hanover district of Herrenhausen .

Life

Dunse with Assunta Verrone 2016 in the Künstlerhaus at the Festival of Philosophy

Karin Dunse studied German and sociology at the University of Hanover in her hometown and received her doctorate in intercultural literature in 2003 on the subject of evangelization and social change. The role of Christianity and the importance of Christian images and motifs in the work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o .

Since 2003 Dunse has been working as a freelance writer and in adult education. She published "[...] the family book" Die kleine Klara und die Herrenhausen Gardens , a guide to the past and present of the parks, in which she at the same time interwoven the themes of "[...] migration , foreignness and origin from other cultures" in a child-friendly manner.

In her book Die Lebensbeschauerin. It is not that we are happier , Karin Dunse is looking for an answer to the question “What is happiness?” Against the background of personal experiences with people in Tanzania .

Karin Dunse is co-founder and chairwoman of the non-profit association Rafiki za Tanzania .

Fonts (selection)

  • Traces of German colonial history in public space: for example Hanover. In: Leo Kreutzer , David Simo (ed.): Weltengarten. German-African yearbook for intercultural thinking. Hanover, July 2004, ISSN  1613-012X .
  • Headbirths or Why Europeans Should Read African Literature. In: Arne Eppers, Hans-Peter Klemme (ed.): Perspectives of a different modernity. Literature and interculturality. Festschrift for Leo Kreutzer. Revonnah, Hannover 2003, ISBN 978-3-934818-13-2 , pp. 141-152.
  • Evangelization and Social Change. The role of Christianity and the importance of Christian images and motifs in the work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Dissertation. University of Hanover 2003, UniVerlag Witte, Hanover 2003, ISBN 978-3-932152-39-9 .
  • Little Klara and the Herrenhausen Gardens. With illustrations by Alexandra Süllow. UniVerlag Witte, Hannover 2012, ISBN 978-3-932152-97-9 .
  • The life surveyor. Not that we're happier. UniVerlag Witte, Hannover 2013, ISBN 978-3-932152-96-2 .

Web links

Commons : Karin Dunse  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  2. ↑ Karin Dunse: Little Clare and the Herrenhausen Gardens. With illustrations by Alexandra Süllow. UniVerlag Witte, Hannover 2012, ISBN 978-3-932152-97-9 , p. 75
  3. ↑ a b c d Karin Dunse: The Surveyor of Life. Not that we're happier. UniVerlag Witte, Hannover 2013, ISBN 978-3-932152-96-2 , cover text
personal data
SURNAME Dunse, Karin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunse, Karin Elisabeth (full name); Pflueg, Karin (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover