Ursula Ehler

Ursula Ehler (* 1940 in Bamberg ) is a German screenwriter and assistant director .

Ursula Ehler studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , worked as a librarian at the Bavarian State Library in Munich and - also in Munich - worked at the student puppet studio “Das kleine Spiel”. Since 1971 she has worked as a co-author with Tankred Dorst .

Ursula Ehler was married to Tankred Dorst until his death in 2017.

Awards

Together with Tankred Dorst

• 1996: E. T. A. Hoffmann Prize of the City of Bamberg
• 1998: Friedrich Baur Prize
• 2005: Cultural Prize of Honor from the City of Munich
• 2008: Art and Culture Prize of the German Catholics
• 2012: German Theater Prize Der Faust

Works (selection)

As an employee of Tankred Dorst

• 1975: On the Chimborazo
• 1976: Dorothea Merz
• 1979: Klara's mother
• 1980: The Villa , Mosch
• 1981: Merlin or The Desert Land
• 1985: Heinrich or the pain of the imagination
• 1986: Me, Feuerbach
• 1987: The Forbidden Garden , Parzival
• 1988: Grindkopf , Korbes
• 1990: Karlos , As in life as in a dream
• 1992: Fernando Krapp wrote me this letter
• 1994: Mr. Paul , To Jerusalem
• 1995: The shadow line
• 1996: The History of the Arrows
• 1997: The legend of poor Heinrich , what should we do , Harry's head
• 1998: Closed for wealth
• 1999: Big scene by the river
• 2001: Kupsch
• 2002: The Joy of Life , Othoon
• 2004: Purcell's dream of King Arthur
• 2005: The desert
• 2007: I'm only here temporarily
• 2008: Artist , Prosperos Island

Web links

• Literature by and about Ursula Ehler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Source of the biographical information (PDF; 36 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Tankred Dorst: Werkausgabe vol. 1 (anno 1985), vol. 2 (anno 1985), vol. 5 (anno 1990), vol. 6 (1995), vol. 7 (anno 2002) and vol. 8 ( 2008). Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main