Ingeborg Drewitz
Ingeborg Drewitz (born Ingeborg Neubert; 10 January 1923 – 26 November 1986) was a German writer and academic.
Also recorded as Ingeborg Neubert
Ingeborg Drewitz
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- Born
- 1923. · Berlin.
- Died
- 1986. · West Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- writer, opinion journalist and librettist.
- Education
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
- Known for
- Bettine von Arnim.
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ernst Reuter Prize, Georg Mackensen Literary Prize, Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis and Carl von Ossietzky Medal.
- Languages
- German.
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Ingeborg Drewitz (born Ingeborg Neubert; 10 January 1923 – 26 November 1986) was a German writer and academic.
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Ingeborg Drewitz (1923–1986) was a librettist, opinion journalist and writer, of German nationality. The librettist was born in Berlin and died in West Berlin.
Ingeborg Drewitz was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The librettist worked in West Berlin.
Among the works is Bettine von Arnim. Languages used include German. Honours include Carl von Ossietzky Medal, Ernst Reuter Prize and Georg Mackensen Literary Prize, among others.
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Life and career
Life and career
Ingeborg Drewitz studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are West Berlin. Works named in the authority record are Bettine von Arnim. Distinctions recorded are Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ernst Reuter Prize, Georg Mackensen Literary Prize and Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis.
Drewitz was born in Berlin. She graduated in 1941 from the Königin-Luise-Schule in Berlin-Friedenau, and took a doctorate in German literature, history, and philosophy, on 20 April 1945, at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University (today's Humboldt University in Berlin). Her thesis was on German poet Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer. From 1973 to 1980 she taught at the Institute of Journalism at the Free University of Berlin. A year before her death she was a juror at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt. She married her childhood sweetheart, Bernhard Drewitz, by whom she had three daughters. She died in Berlin, aged 63, of complications of cancer.
Novels
Novels
Der Anstoß. Bremen: Schünemann 1958 Das Karussell. Göttingen: Sachse & Pohl 1969 Oktoberlicht oder Ein Tag im Herbst. München: Nymphenburger 1969 Wer verteidigt Katrin Lambert? Stuttgart: Werner Gebühr 1974 Das Hochhaus. Stuttgart: Werner Gebühr 1975 Gestern war heute: Hundert Jahre Gegenwart 1978 Eis auf der Elbe. Tagebuchroman. Düsseldorf: Claassen 1982 Eingeschlossen. Düsseldorf: Claassen 1986. NA: München: Goldmann TB 1988
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
Die dichterische Darstellung ethischer Probleme im Werke Erwin Guido Kolbenheyers. Berlin: Univ. Diss. 1945 Berliner Salons: Gesellschaft und Literatur zwischen Aufklärung und Industriezeitalter. Berlin: Haude & Spener, Schriftenreihe: Berlinische Reminiszenzen Bd. 7, 1965 Leben und Werk von Adam Kuckhoff. Berlin: Friedenauer Presse, 1968 Bettine von Arnim. Romantik – Revolution – Utopie. Biographie. Düsseldorf/Köln: Diederichs 1969 – Hildesheim: Claassen, 1992 Zeitverdichtung: Essays, Kritiken, Portraits; gesammelt aus 2 Jahrzehnten. Wien/München/Zürich: Europaverlag, 1980 Kurz vor 1984. Stuttgart: Radius-Verlag, 1981 Schrittweise Erkundung der Welt. Reise-Eindrücke. Wien u.a.: Europaverlag, 1982 Unter meiner Zeitlupe. Porträts und Panoramen. Wien u.a.: Europaverlag, 1984 Junge Menschen messen ihre Erwartungen aus, und die Messlatten stimmen nicht mehr – die Herausforderung: Tod. Stuttgart: Radius-Verlag, 1986
Street names
Street names
In the government quarter in Berlin-Mitte: Ingeborg-Drewitz-Allee In Berlin-Steglitz: Ingeborg-Drewitz-Library In Gladbeck: Ingeborg-Drewitz-Gesamtschule In Freiburg: Ingeborg-Drewitz-Allee
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Berlin.
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West Berlin.
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Writings
As a writer, she was interested in the Enlightenment and addressed Germany's post-war history and the past and present social history of women. According to Knaurs Lexikon der Weltliteratur ((in German) "Knaur's Lexicon of World Literature"), third edition of 1995, she "made in her literary work, the abandonment of modern man and his inability to address his neighbour, as well as the problem of the individuality of life. Problems in women and employment are at the heart of her work." Her drama Alle Tore waren bewacht (All gates were guarded"), which premiered in 1955, was the first German play to address conditions in concentration camps. Her most successful novel was Gestern war heute: Hundert Jahre Gegenwart (Yesterday was today: A hundred years of presence) (1978), that dealt with three generations of women in the 20th century. The novel is mandatory to read in 12th grade in Baden-Württemberg.
Honours
Honours
1963 Ernst Reuter Prize 1970 Georg Mackensen Literary Prize 1973 Federal Cross of Merit 1980 Ida-Dehmel-Literature Prize, Carl von Ossietzky Medal 1981 Gerrit Engelke Price 1983 Evangelischer Book Prize 1985 Hermann-Sinsheimer Prize
Prize foundations
Prize foundations
Ingeborg-Drewitz Literary Prize for prisoners Ingeborg-Drewitz Prize for special commitment to human dignity
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. ADN-ZB/Senft/13.12.81
Gabriele Senft · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-Z1213-027 / Senft, Gabriele / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
Ingeborg-Drewitz-Bibliothek (Stadtbibliothek Steglitz) im Einkaufszentrum "Das Schloss", Eingang Grunewaldstraße
Photo: Andreas Praefcke · Self-photographed
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- 1.Becker-Cantarino−Stephan, p. 17
- 2.Dissertation by Ingeborg Drewitz: Die dichterische Darstellung ethischer Probleme im Werke Erwin Guido Kolbenheyers (The poetic representation of ethical problems in the works of Erwin Guido Kolbenheyer). Berlin: 1945
- 3.Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Inge Stephan. "Von der Unzerstörbarkeit des Menschen": Ingeborg Drewitz im literarischen und politischen Feld der 50er bis 80er Jahre. Peter Lang. 19. 2005. 9783039104291.
- 4.Becker-Cantarino−Stephan, p. 424
- 5.berlin.de — Who was Ingeborg Drewitz?
- 6.University of Ulm. Virtuelles Projekt "Gestern war heute" am ZAWiW.
- 7.Stadtbibliothek-Steglitz-zehlendorf.de - The City Library in Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf has been renamed to "Ingeborg-Drewitz-Librar"
- 8.humanistische-union.de.
- 9.hu-bb.de - Berliner Landesverband Humanistische Union donates "Ingeborg-Drewitz Prize for special commitment to human dignity"
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Bruges Gerhild man Rogers: Das Romanwerk von Ingeborg Drewitz. (Studies in modern German literature, Vol. 26) New York: Lang, 1989, 246 p.
- Titus Häussermann, Drewitz Bernhard (ed.): Ingeborg Drewitz: Materialien zu Werk und Wirken. Stuttgart: Radius-Verl., 1983, 160 p.
- Jutta Rosenkranz: Kurz-Porträt über die Schriftstellerin Ingeborg Drewitz. TV feature, ORB, 1998
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