Gerlind Reinshagen Explained

Gerlind Reinshagen (4 May 1926 – 9 June 2019)^[1] was a German writer.^[2]

Biography

The daughter of Ekkehard and Friedel Technau, she was born in Königsberg and studied pharmacy^[2] and art. She wrote children's books,^[3] novels, poetry and radio plays before writing her first play for the theatre Doppelkopf in 1967.^[3] Her plays Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth) (1974) and Sonntagskinder (Sunday's children) (1976) were also produced as films. Most of her plays were directed by the influential director .^[4]

She received a Schiller Memorial Prize in 1974, the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 1977, the Andreas Gryphius Prize in 1982, the Roswitha Prize in 1988,^[5] the Ludwig Mülheims Preis in 1993 and the Niedersachsenpreis in 1999.^[2]

Selected works

Sources:^{[3] [5]}

• Leben und Tod der Marilyn Monroe (Life and death of Marilyn Monroe), play (1971)
• Eisenherz, play (1982)
• Die flüchtige Braut, novel (1993)
• Die Clownin, play (1985)
• Jäger am Rand der Nacht, novel (1993)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gerlind Reinshagen ist tot / Autorin starb mit 93 . www.boersenblatt.net . de . 2019-06-11.
2. Book: Sleeman, Elizabeth . The International Who's Who of Women 2002 . 473 . 2001 . 1-85743-122-7.
3. Book: Furness, Raymond . A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature . 243–44 . Humble, Malcolm . 2003 . 1-134-74764-0.
4. Book: Sieg, Katrin . Exiles, Eccentrics, Activists: Women in Contemporary German Theater . 121– . Katrin Sieg. 1994 . 0-472-10491-8 . University of Michigan Press.
5. Book: Eigler, Friederike Ursula . The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature . 442–44 . Kord, Susanne . 1997 . 0-313-29313-9.