Ruth Rehmann

Ruth Rehmann (born June 1, 1922 in Siegburg ; † January 29, 2016 in Trostberg ) was a German writer .

Life

Ruth Rehmann was the daughter of a Rhenish Protestant pastor . After graduating from high school in 1940, she attended an interpreting school for English and French in Hamburg. Then she began studying art history , archeology and German at the Universities of Bonn and Marburg. From 1943 she studied music at universities in Cologne and Berlin, majoring in the violin . This study was interrupted by a service obligation in the Wehrmacht , where she worked as an office worker in 1944/1945. In 1945 she fled to Upper Bavaria and settled in Chiemgau .

In 1947 she resumed her music studies, which she completed in 1951 in violin with the concert qualification at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf . She then worked temporarily as a teacher for German and English in Bavarian country school homes , as an interpreter and as a press officer for various foreign embassies in Germany. At the same time she made trips to Algeria , Greece and France and began to publish literary works; She read from her first novel at a conference of Group 47 . In addition to novels and short stories, she has also written numerous radio plays .

Ruth Rehmann has been involved in the peace movement since 1979 ; in the federal election in 1983 she was a candidate of the Greens for the district of Traunstein and Berchtesgaden . She was a member of the PEN Center Germany and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts .

Awards (selection)

1962: Sponsorship award from the city of Hanover
1974: Georg Mackensen Literature Prize (together with Dieter Kühn )
1989: Literature Prize of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft in the Federation of German Industry
2001: Federal Cross of Merit
2004: Upper Bavarian Culture Prize
2010: Award Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum from the Free State of Bavaria.
2010: Rosenheim Literature Prize

Works

Novels

Illusions , Frankfurt a. M. 1959.
The people in the valley , Frankfurt a. M. 1968.
The man in the pulpit. Hanser, Munich / Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-446-12818-2 .
Farewell to the master class , Munich 1985.
Die Schwaigerin , Munich [among others] 1987.
Foreign in Cambridge , Munich [among others] 1999.
Ferne Sister , Hanser, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23394-2 : as paperback: dtv, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-423-14125-3 .

stories

Couples , Munich 1978.
The descent , Stuttgart 1987.
Boat trip with women , Munich 1995.
The colonel meets Mr. Schmidt , Stuttgart 1995.

Autobiographical works

Out and about in strange dreams, encounters with the other Germany. Autobiography 1947–1990. Hanser, Munich / Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-446-17213-0 .

Radio plays

A quiet house , Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Südwestfunk 1960.
Old men , Süddeutscher Rundfunk, 1962.
Lilac from Malchin , Süddeutscher Rundfunk / Sender Free Berlin 1964.
I like your friends , Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Deutsche Welle 1970.
Post-season , Süddeutscher Rundfunk 1972.
Mrs. Violet's house , Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1974.
Ear training , Westdeutscher Rundfunk / Saarländischer Rundfunk 1975.
Three conversations about a man , Süddeutscher Rundfunk 1976.
Mr. Selinger goes too far , Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1977.
Explain your conscience (with Brigitte Kurreck), Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1981.
Shortness of breath , Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1985.

Editing

Parents and Children , Munich 1979.

Translations

Morris L. West : The Ambassador , Vienna [et al.] 1965.

Web links

Literature by and about Ruth Rehmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Ruth Rehmann in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
Obituary by Thomas Steinfeld in the Süddeutsche Zeitung

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary notice. In: heimatzeitung.de February 2, 2016, accessed July 6, 2017.
↑ Thomas Steinfeld: Distant sister. Writer Ruth Rehmann has died . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 5, 2016, p. 14.
↑ Peter Mohr: Making Complicated Simple On the Death of the Writer Ruth Rehmann. In: Titel-Kulturmagazin , February 2, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Rehmann, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siegburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 2016
Place of death	Trostberg ,

[1] Obituary notice. In: heimatzeitung.de February 2, 2016, accessed July 6, 2017.

[2] Thomas Steinfeld: Distant sister. Writer Ruth Rehmann has died . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 5, 2016, p. 14.

[3] Peter Mohr: Making Complicated Simple On the Death of the Writer Ruth Rehmann. In: Titel-Kulturmagazin , February 2, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017.