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.

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

“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

personal data
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