Lillian Crott Berthung
Lillian Crott Berthung (* 1922 in Harstad , Norway ) is a Norwegian translator and author.
Career
In 1942 Lillian Berthung met Helmut Crott, her future husband, a German occupation soldier. She followed him to Germany in 1947 - he was able to return a year earlier. There she worked as a translator and interpreter. In 1989 her collection of poems Det var en gang et lite sted was published . She also writes stories for the daily newspaper Harstad Tidende .
When her husband, who never wanted to talk about his family history, died in 2009, she and her daughter Randi began to research and write down the history of his family, some of whom were Jewish. The book Don't tell anyone! My parents' love story was published in spring 2012. It stayed on Buchreport's bestseller list for 14 weeks .
Works
- Harstad Det var en gang et lite sted. Drawings by J. Norodd Jørgensen . 1989
- with Randi Crott : don't tell anyone! My parents' love story . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8321-9640-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Lillian Crott Berthung in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author portrait at DuMont Buchverlag
- Marion Ammicht: Literature: “Tell no one” , program note , Metropolis, Arte, March 22, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lillan Bert Hung ble spyttet på i Harstad gater Harstad Tidende, 23 August 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crott Berthung, Lillian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian translator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harstad , Norway |