Tina Austria
Tina Austria is the pseudonym of Dagmar Meier-Barkhusen (* 1944 in Bautzen ), a German teacher and writer. She studied education in Leipzig and Altenburg . In 1974 she was caught while preparing to flee the GDR and imprisoned until she was ransomed by the Federal Republic in 1975 . From 1979 to 2000 she worked as a teacher in a vocational school in the Wesermarsch in Lower Saxony . After a long stay in Canada , she now lives in Rastede .
Works
- I was RF. Seewald, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-512-00487-3 .
- Equality, equality above all. Seewald, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-512-00514-4 .
- Aerial roots. Tykve, Böblingen 1987, ISBN 3-925434-09-7 .
- 11 days or protocol of a forced admission. Schardt, Oldenburg 1999, ISBN 3-933584-612 .
- From girl to girl. Schardt, Oldenburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89841-269-8 .
Awards
- Märkisches scholarship for literature 1979/1980
- Art Prize of the GDR 1990
Web links
- Literature by and about Tina Austria in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography on one page of the Federal Foundation for Coming to terms with the SED dictatorship
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austria, Tina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meier-Barkhusen, Dagmar (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bautzen |