Ruth Schirmer

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Ruth Schirmer (also: Ruth Schirmer-Imhoff , born November 10, 1919 as Ruth Imhoff in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † 1996 ) was a German writer and translator .

Life

Ruth Schirmer received her doctorate in 1943 with a literary thesis at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin as a doctor of philosophy . She later lived in Bonn and published her own narrative works as well as translations from English and French . In 1988 she received the GEDOK Bonn Art Prize .

Works

  • Mme. De Staels English guests in Coppet , Berlin 1943
  • Our dear little friend , Kleve 1952 (under the name Ruth Schirmer-Imhoff)
  • Lancelot and Ginevra , Zurich 1961
  • Berlin, third act , Tübingen 1965
  • Lillan , Vienna [a. a.] 1968
  • The novel by Tristan and Isolde , Zurich 1969
  • August Wilhelm Schlegel and his time , Bonn 1986
  • The story of the swan knight , Munich 1992

Translations