Livia Käthe Wittmann
Livia Käthe Wittmann (* 1938 in Berlin ) is a German literary scholar .
Life
Wittmann was born as the daughter of Karl Wittmann from Hungary. Her father emigrated to Berlin in 1920 and after 1933 was persecuted by the National Socialists for 'racial' reasons. In the post-war years he was mayor of Adlershof.
Livia Käthe Wittmann spent her youth in Budapest . After studying literature in Budapest and Berlin, she received her doctorate in Budapest in 1964. Livia Käthe Wittmann has lived in New Zealand since 1971. From 1972 to 2002 she taught as a professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch and since 2002 at the University of Auckland .
Livia Käthe Wittmann was awarded honorary citizenship by Berlin-Adlershof in 2005 .
Fonts
- Second Coming - Searching for Traces: Berlin-Adlershof . Metropol, Berlin 2005. ISBN 3-938690-07-0
- With Barbara Zibler: Melli Beese and the wings on the horizon . Trafo, Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-89626-814-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Livia Käthe Wittmann in the Adlershof Alte Schule cultural center, October 24, 2005 ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PEN Center: Biography Livia Käthe Wittmman ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Literature by and about Livia Käthe Wittmann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittmann, Livia Käthe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |