Ursula Koch (author)

Ursula Koch (born April 12, 1944 in Gunzenhausen ) is a German writer .

Life

She studied German and history and was a. a. worked as a development worker in Burkina Faso / West Africa for three years . After her return, she remained closely associated with development aid. Together with her husband, she is involved in church development aid and supports projects for women in need. Her novels and biographies on historical and biblical subjects, translated into several languages , often deal with women who are looking for their way in a world dominated by men.

Ursula Koch lives in Berlin today .

Publications (selection)

Just a glow now and then. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Biographical Novel (2001), ISBN 978-3765516856
Edith Stein - Telling a small, simple truth. Biographical Novel (2005), ISBN 978-3765518959
Roses in the snow. Katharina Luther, née von Bora - A woman dares her life (2008), ISBN 978-3765518607
Elisabeth of Thuringia - The Power of Love (2008). ISBN 978-3765518591
The master from Rupertsberg: Hildegard von Bingen - a messenger of love. Historical novel (2009), ISBN 978-3765517129
The everyday angel: short stories. (2013), ISBN 978-3765542206
Mocked, respected, loved - the women of the reformers (2015), ISBN 978-3761562147
Your father is at war: good daughters, pious mothers - the story of a Berlin family (2016), ISBN 978-3944836324
Berlin, Berlin: seen from my balcony (2017). ISBN 978-3765509742
Like a Lily Among Thorns: Encounters with Strong Women of the Bible (2018), ISBN 978-3761565186

Awards

In 2006 she received the cultural sponsorship award of the city of Spenge .

Web links

Literature by and about Ursula Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
Ursula Koch in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Ursula Koch at histo-couch.de
Ursula Koch at NRW Literature on the Net

Individual evidence

↑ Ursula Koch. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 545, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Cook, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gunzenhausen

[1] Ursula Koch. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 545, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .