Lore Berger

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Lore Berger (1921–1943) writer Family grave in the Hörnli cemetery, Riehen, Basel-Stadt
Family grave in the Hörnli cemetery , Riehen, Basel-Stadt

Lore Berger , actually Lenore Berger (born December 17, 1921 in Basel ; † August 14, 1943 there ), was a Swiss writer .

Life

As the daughter of a teacher couple, Lore Berger had a well-protected childhood. After finishing school, she matriculated in 1939 with the subjects of German and Romance languages at the University of Basel . In 1941 she volunteered for the military women's service , for which she worked as an office assistant at a court until 1943.

In 1943 she wrote her novel The Mercy Hill. A story against Thomas published posthumously in 1944 . On August 14, 1943, Lore Berger fell from the water tower to her death on the Basel Bruderholz , the “merciful hill” from her novel . In her novel, she had let the character of Bea die exactly in this way. It can be assumed that the novel was only published because of Berger's suicide and the parallels in the novel in 1944. In 1981 the novel was reprinted and translated into French and Italian and was filmed in the same year by Beat Kuert under the title Die Zeit ist böse . In 2017 the story was published as a monologue under the title Esther. A story from Bruderholz performed at the Basel Theater.

Works

filming

  • Time is bad , 1981, 16mm, 85 min. (Director: Beat Kuert)

literature

  • Charles Linsmayer: Lore Berger, her life, her time and her novel «Der merciful hill». In: Berger 1981
  • Liliane Studer: Lore Berger. In: Luise F. Pusch (Hrsg.): Handbook for mad women . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-518-38808-8
  • Silvia Camatta: Lo sciopero della fame di Lore Berger. Narrare l'anoressia nervosa nella Svizzera della spiritual national defense . Padova, Unipress 2009, ISBN 978-88-8098-268-5

Reviews

  • Katrin Hillgruber: Death and the Maiden . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , January 27, 2000.
  • HWD: Lore Berger: "The merciful hill" . In: Die Weltwoche , November 24, 1944.
  • Jan Lurvink : A book with a rare uncompromising clarity . In: Basler Zeitung (literature supplement), October 7, 1998.
  • Thymiane Oberlin: "The merciful hill" - a refusal. About Lore Berger and her novel . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 4./5. June 1994, p. 66.
  • Manuela Reichert: The men are bad, the women are bad . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 27, 2000.
  • Hans Schaub: With poetic luminosity . In: Schaffhauser Nachrichten , May 30, 2000.
  • Verena Stössinger-Fellmann: I often saw more than I wanted . In: Basler Zeitung, May 2, 1981.
  • Hermann Wallmann: Love of the air? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 6, 1999.

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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Lore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Lenore (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1943
Place of death Basel