Renate Kruger

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Renate Krüger (born July 23, 1934 in Spremberg , Niederlausitz ; † May 27, 2016 in Schwerin ) was a German art historian , writer and publicist who had lived in Schwerin since 1939.

Life

War, collapse and the post-war years had a strong formative effect on Renate Krüger's childhood and adolescence and, above all, raised awareness of religious and historical-philosophical issues. After graduating from the Goethe High School , Renate Krüger studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Rostock , often came into confrontation with the totalitarian GDR regime and, during a temporary exclusion from studies, worked in the exhibition of the Dresden paintings returned from the Soviet Union of the Berlin National Gallery.

From 1958 to 1965 she worked at the State Museum in Schwerin and lost her job for political reasons. In 1966 she received her doctorate as Dr. phil. at the University of Greifswald .

After a short employment at the Schwerin Institute for Monument Preservation, Renate Krüger worked as a freelance author of art and cultural history non-fiction books, novels and essays. She paid particular attention to art educational fiction for children and young people as well as Mecklenburg regional studies. For a time she was active in the journalistic field of church institutions. Her biographical research on Gertrud von le Fort was not published in the GDR. Numerous trips took her especially to Hungary and the former CSSR.

After the political change in 1989/90 she worked in the staff of the President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in dealing with the relationship between the Catholic Church and the Soviet Zone / GDR. Collaboration in the Freundeskreis Mooshausen eV and in the literary society Gertrud von le Fort .

In 2016, Krüger received the Ansgar Medal from the Archdiocese of Hamburg and the Siemerling Social Prize from the Dreikönigsstiftung Neubrandenburg.

Works

  • The art of the synagogue . An Introduction to the Art and Cult of Judaism 1966.
  • Light on a dark background . A Rembrandt novel in 1967. Translation into Japanese.
  • Little world in ivory . 1967.
  • The dance of Avignon . A Holbein novel 1969. Translation into Hungarian, Romanian and Estonian.
  • Emperors, monks and icons . Historical novel 1969.
  • Seed and harvest of Joseph Fabisiak . 1969.
  • Ludwigslust . A cultural-historical sketch 1970.
  • The age of sensitivity . Art and culture of the late 18th century in Germany in 1972.
  • The monastery at the Ilmensee . Story 1972.
  • Nuremberg trinkets . Historia of a fool, a mute and three godless painters 1974.
  • Paint, hands, paint . A 1975 Cranach novel.
  • Beyond Nineveh . 1975.
  • The day of morning and evening . Philipp Otto Runge. His life in five pictures 1977
  • Wolfgang Amadé's heirs . Roman 1979. As e-book 2013: Edition digital, ISBN 978-3-86394-337-0
  • Biedermeier. A way of life between 1815 and 1845 . Nonfiction 1979
  • Niels Stensen's Schwerin Advent . Story 1979.
  • Witching hour in Sanssouci . Story about Adolph Menzel 1980.
  • Towers on the horizon . Novel about the Lübeck painter Bernt Notke 1982. Translation into Estonian.
  • The man running . Story from old Nuremberg 1983. Translation into Czech
  • The king's musician . Story about Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1985, ISBN 3-89106-022-X
  • Doberan tracery . Literary report 1989.
  • New beginnings under dictatorships . An autobiographical sketch 1996.
  • Dance in the noose . An autobiographical sketch 1997, ISBN 3-932379-10-1
  • The Schwerin Castle. Residence and monument . Non-fiction book, 2nd edition 2003, ISBN 3-356-01058-1
  • Searching for traces in Mecklenburg . Interior views of a country, non-fiction book 1999, ISBN 3-356-00822-6
  • Departure from Mecklenburg . The world of Gertrud von le Fort. Non-fiction book 2000, ISBN 3-935877-02-1
  • The mute bride . Narration 2001, ISBN 3-356-00888-9
  • Rembrandt's neighbors . Roman, 2001, ISBN 3-935284-91-8
  • Guarded fire . Essays, poems and letters by Maria Jochum (1903–1984). Edited with Elisabeth Prégardier 2003, ISBN 3-89857-164-5
  • Mecklenburg. Ways of a country. 2007, ISBN 978-3-939198-03-1
  • Paradise garden. A diary. 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-2678-8
  • Autumn of life. Age considerations. 2011, ISBN 978-3-86683-975-5
  • Clown school. Novel. 2011, ISBN 978-3-86279-062-3

literature

  • Renate Krüger: Paradiesgärtleni . In: wanted. 22 authors about themselves . With an afterword by Karl Bongardt. 1st edition. Union Verlag, Berlin 1975, p. 259-269 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dreikönigsverein mourns the loss of social award winner Krüger ( Memento from June 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Renate Krüger. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, pp. 582-583, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Spremberg , Lower Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 2016
Place of death Schwerin