Monika Sperr

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Monika Anna Johanna Sperr , b. Koegler (born August 27, 1941 in Berlin ; † November 18, 1984 there ), was a German writer and journalist .

Life

Koegler was born in Berlin in 1941 as the daughter of an authorized signatory . She became a trainee at the Spandauer Volksblatt and worked from 1966 to 1968 for Kurt Hübner and Peter Zadek as a dramaturge at the Bremen Theater . In 1967 she was studying at the theater of friendship in East Berlin . From the late 1960s Koegler lived as a freelance writer in Munich .

In May 1968 Koegler married the Lower Bavarian playwright and actor Helmut Martin Sperr , with whom she published the book Herr Bertolt Brecht says in 1970 . The marriage ended in divorce in June 1969. Monika Sperr published various children's books, novels, but also non-fiction books and biographies in the period that followed. She became known to a broader public, among other things, as the biographer of Therese Giehse . The book Therese Giehse: I have nothing to say , which is based on Giehse's conversations with Monika Sperr, was published in 1973. Sperr's biography about Petra Kelly , which appeared in 1983, was praised: “[Monika Sperr] remains a sensitive, astute reporter who, despite the sympathy she shows Petra Kelly knows how to keep a critical distance. "

Monika Sperr committed suicide in Berlin in 1984 at the age of 43.

Works (selection)

  • 1970: Mr. Bertolt Brecht says. Reading book for children and other people (with Martin Sperr)
  • 1972: The trained parents
  • 1973: Therese Giehse: I have nothing to say. Conversations with Monika Sperr (biography)
  • 1975: Out with the mutt (novel for children)
  • 1978: The big hit book (publication, commentary)
  • 1980: Dog story (stories for children)
  • 1980: The Girlfriend (novel)
  • 1982: Meeting point at the frog pond or the thing with the bike (children's book)
  • 1983: The day begins with dawn (novel)
  • 1983: Petra Karin Kelly - concerned politician (biography)
  • 1985: Journey to Cathleen McCoy (novel; posthumous)

literature

  • Monika Sperr . In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv , No. 8, February 11, 1985 (accessed via Munzinger).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Died: Monika Sperr. In: Der Spiegel , No. 48, 1984, p. 252.
  2. ^ Gisela Elsner: With the ladle against flood disasters. In: Der Spiegel , No. 3, 1984, p. 78 (book review).
personal data
SURNAME Sperr, Monika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sperr, Monika Anna Johanna (full name); Koegler, Monika (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1984
Place of death Berlin