Stefanie Gercke

Stefanie Gercke (* 1941 in Bubaque , Guinea-Bissau ) is a German - South African writer . She is married to the engineer Hans-Hermann Gercke.

Life

Gercke was born on an island in the Bissagos Archipelago . As a teenager she lived in Hamburg and Lübeck before emigrating to South Africa at the age of 20. She lived there intermittently until 1978, when she left the country due to the political situation . Only when Nelson Mandela came to power did she return.

Today Gercke lives with her family in Hamburg and Umhlanga Rocks .

Services

Stefanie Gercke has published nine fiction books so far, all of which revolve around her adopted country of South Africa. Some of her works are set in 19th century South Africa. The other books deal with South Africa's political coming to terms with the past. In 1998 she was awarded the Alfred Müller Felsenburg Prize for upright literature .

Works

• June thunderstorm. Heyne, Munich 2015, e- ISBN 978-3-641-12950-7
• Night safari. Heyne, Munich 2013, ISBN 3-453-26698-6 .
• Beyond Timbuktu. Heyne, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-453-26697-8 .
• Black Heart. Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 3-453-26548-3 .
• Across the river to Africa. Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-453-26547-5 .
• Fire wind. Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-02250-5 .
• Shadow in the water. Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-47024-9 .
• A land called heaven. Droemer Knaur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-426-62534-2 .
• Into the dark heart of Africa. Droemer Knaur, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-426-61993-8 .
• I am going back to Africa. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-426-61498-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Stefanie Gercke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stefanie Gercke at afrikaroman.de, accessed on October 29, 2010

swell

Stefanie Gercke, biography. AfrikaRoman literature portal, accessed on November 29, 2010 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrike Schwalm: Stefanie Gercke dreams of Africa. Hamburger Abendblatt , January 3, 2003, accessed on November 29, 2010 .