Renate Schostack

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Renate Schostack (born January 10, 1938 in Pforzheim ; † July 28, 2016 in Munich ) was a German journalist and writer .

Life

Renate Schostack studied German and history at universities in Munich, Basel, Paris and Berlin. In 1964 she was in Freiburg with a thesis on Wieland and Lavater Doctor of Philosophy PhD . She then worked as a lecturer at the universities in Toulouse and Bristol . From 1969 to 2003 she worked in the features section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , from 1971 to 1974 as a cultural correspondent in London, and from 1985 in Munich.

In addition to journalistic and literary-critical articles, the author wrote novels and stories in which couple relationships are mostly portrayed from a female perspective.

After her retirement, Schostack lived in Pforzheim again. She died in Munich in July 2016 at the age of 78.

honors and awards

Renate Schostack received a scholarship from the Klagenfurt jury in 1977 , the “Prize of the Jury” at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt in 1984 and the 1989 Prize for Science Journalism from the German Anglists' Association . In 2003 she was honored for her commitment with the symbol of friendship of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria .

Publications (selection)

  • Wieland and Lavater, Contributions to the intellectual history of the late 18th century , Freiburg im Breisgau 1964, DNB 482347945 (Dissertation University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Philosophical Faculty, July 31, 1964, 176 pages).
  • Two ways to love , Munich [u. a.] 1977
  • Hands off my rainbow , Munich [u. a.] 1979
  • Marriage attempts or the embarkation for Cythera , Munich [u. a.] 1985
  • Low gaits , Zurich 1991
  • Whoever loves is right , Zurich 1994
  • Behind Wahnfried's walls. Gertrud Wagner - a life , Hamburg 1998
  • Palm donkey king , Kieselbronn 1998
  • Winter days in Saint Petersburg , Kieselbronn 2003
  • The vain beauty: on spirit and culture in Munich , Sankt-Michaelsbund, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-939905-20-2 .
  • 1501 or The side of the city facing away from the plague. A historical fantasy (play), Pforzheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-926006-16-5
  • Miss Ava Laurin (novel, newspaper preprint 2016)

Quotes

“Don't chase me, don't try to save me, don't take me back. Because as much comfort as I need, no man on earth has to give "

- “The embarkation for Cythera” : attempts at marriage or The embarkation for Cythera

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Bahners : Critical Curiosity and Literary Fantasy , obituary in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 2, 2016, p. 9
  2. ^ Obituary notice Renate Schostack , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 6, 2016 edition
  3. ↑ Wieland and Lavater. Contribution to the intellectual history of the late 18th century , DNB 482347945 , accessed on July 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Renate Schostack. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 946, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
  5. ↑ Pforzheim author Renate Schostack died unexpectedly on pz-news.de, August 1, 2016, accessed on August 4, 2016
  6. ↑ see on the subject also: Embarkation to Kythera
  7. ↑ "I was not allowed to exist" , Der Spiegel 30/1998 of July 20, 1998, accessed on August 3, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Schostack, Renate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kühnert-Schostack, Renate (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Pforzheim
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2016
Place of death Munich