Lisa Kahn

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Lisa Kahn (born Liselott Margarete Kupfer on July 15, 1927 in Berlin-Tempelhof , died on July 3, 2013 in Houston ) was a German-American German scholar and poet .

Life

Kahn was born in Berlin and went to school in Leipzig. She studied psychology, German and English in Heidelberg and, after receiving a Fulbright scholarship, at the University of Washington in Seattle . From 1968 she taught German at Texas Southern University in Houston. She published poetry in both German and English. She was a member of three PEN associations: the American, Austrian and international in London. Her first marriage was to the German scholar and poet Robert Kahn , who committed suicide in 1970. Many of Kahn's poems from this period are dedicated to the grief and lament over this loss. Her second marriage was to Herbert Finkelstein. She converted from the Protestant to the Jewish faith.

Works

  • Knock and it will not be opened to you. Poems. Bläschke, Darmstadt 1975, ISBN 3-87561-387-2 .
  • Flints. Poems. Strom-Verlag, Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-85921-040-8 .
  • Denver in spring. Poems. Stoedtner, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-920907-08-6 .
  • Utah's secrets. Poems. Stoedtner, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-920907-14-0 .
  • David on the computer and other poems. Trebush Press, Providence, RI 1982.
  • Trees. Gallery on the stairs, Munich 1984.
  • Who loves more. Short stories and fairy tales. Stoedtner, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-920907-25-6 .
  • From my Texan log cȧbin = From my Texan log cabin. Eakin Press, Austin, Texas 1984.
  • Children's winter. Poems. Stoedtner, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-920907-34-5 .
  • Krētē. Poems. Klaunig, Berlin approx. 1988, ISBN 3-927427-00-4 .
  • Atlantic bridge. Poems. Mellen Poetry Press, Lewiston, NY 1992, ISBN 0-7734-9569-X .
  • Today I commanded the wind = Today I commanded the wind. Mellen, Lewiston, et al. a. 1994, ISBN 0-7734-0019-2 .
  • Calf stories. Children's book. RG Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 1997, ISBN 3-89501-495-8 .
Release
  • with Hans Eichner: Studies in German in memory of Robert L. Kahn. William Marsh Rice University, Houston 1971.
  • Luggage language. German writers in the USA 1938–1978. Fink, Munich 1979. = In her mother's tongue. Women authors in the US who write in German 1938–1983. Emerson, Denver, CO 1983.

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personal data
SURNAME Kahn, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kupfer, Liselott Margarete (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American German philologist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Tempelhof
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 2013
Place of death Houston