Kyra Stromberg
Kyra Stromberg (born January 16, 1916 in Moscow , † November 29, 2006 in Bad Krozingen ) was a German freelance publicist , writer and translator .
Life
Stromberg grew up in Hamburg and Berlin . After her studies, she worked as a photographer and after the Second World War earned her living as a correspondent for the magazines that had just been created - that's how she came to Baden-Württemberg . Stromberg has lived as a freelance journalist for newspapers , magazines and radio in Ehrenkirchen near Freiburg im Breisgau since the 1970s . She published essays and features on writers and cultural topics of all kinds; In addition to fiction , she was particularly interested in architecture and design .
Stromberg became known with her biographies about Djuna Barnes and Zelda Fitzgerald as well as F. Scott Fitzgerald . With her great Djuna Barnes biography, she also made a decisive contribution to the reception of this author in Germany. Stromberg has translated more than 40 books into German during her career , including works by John Berger , Joanne Greenberg , Muriel Spark , Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf . She was a critic primarily of Anglo-Saxon literature of the 20th century.
Awards
- 2002: Reinhold Schneider Prize for Literature
- 1995: Hedwig Dohm certificate
Works
- Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. An American Dream , Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-87134-225-4
- Djuna Barnes. Life and work of an extravagant , Berlin 1989 (reissued in 1999), ISBN 3-8031-3546-X
- The great thirst. Journey through Iran , Hamburg 1954
- The eye of the needle , Hamburg 1952
Web links
- Literature by and about Kyra Stromberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- “Hedwig Dohm Certificate 1995: Kyra Stromberg. On the death of Kyra Stromberg “ Obituary of the Association of Journalists
- "29. January: READING. Visiting Freiburg: Kyra Stromberg “ Review of an event organized by the Freiburg Literature Office in January 2006
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SURNAME | Stromberg, Kyra |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German freelance journalist, writer and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 2006 |
Place of death | Bad Krozingen |