Ingrid Bachér
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Ingrid Bachér is a German writer, a former member of the Gruppe 47 and former president of the PEN
Germany.
. During her childhood she lived in Berlin
, before moving to Lübeck
during the last years of Second World War at her grandparent's house. After having studied at the College of Music and Theatre, she started working as a journalist from 1949 on.
During the 1950s she travelled to Finland
, Central and South America and started writing travelogues and other prose. From 1958 onwards, she had been one of the few female members of the Gruppe 47, the most important German writer's group.
From 1960 until 1967 she lived in Rome
, firstly as a scholar of the Villa Massimo and then as a journalist. She then went to live in München, Krefeld
and finally moved to Düsseldorf
. She has been married to the Artist Ulrich Erben since 1966 and is a mother of three children.
She has also been a member of the Union of German Authors since 1971. From 1982 until 1996 she had been a member of the German P.E.N Centre, whose president she was shortly from 1995 until 1996, when she resigned from the presidency following the debate over the union of the West and East German P.E.N centres.
Ingrid Bachér has been writing books for young people, travelogues, novels as well as radio and TV plays for the public broadcasting institutions such as the ZDF
or the SWF.
, Rome
1961 Award of sponsorship of the city of Düsseldorf
1964 Berlin-Scholarship of the Kulturkreises im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
1986 Literary Prize of the GEDOK
1989 Kunstpreis Düsseldorf der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
1995 Ferdinand-Lange-Kulturpreis
- Lasse Lar oder Die Kinderinsel. Erzählung, Wiesbaden 1958.
- Ein Weihnachtsabend. Ein Spiel für die Bühne nach Dickens. Jugendstück. Uraufführung: Ernst-Deutsch-Theater Hamburg 1.12.1957, Text: Reinbek bei Hamburg 1958.
- Schöner Vogel Quetzal. Roman, Wiesbaden 1959.
- Karibische Fahrt. Reisebericht. Mit Fotografien von Herbert List, Helene Hoppenot, Fritz Henle, Karl Helbig u.a., München 1961.
- Das Karussell des Einhorns. Hörspiel, BR/SWF
1962, Text: Zürich 1979.
- Um fünf, die Stunde des Klavierspielers. Hörspiel, SWF
1963.
- Die Straße. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1963.
- Tiger – Tiger. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1964.
- Marie Celeste. Hörspiel, BR 1964.
- Ich und ich. Roman, Frankfurt am Main 1964.
- Das Kinderhaus. Jugendbuch. Illustrationen von Lilo Fromm, Zürich 1965.
- Die Ausgrabung. Hörspiel, SWF
1965.
- Lübeck: Die Bengstraße. Hörspiel, DLF
1966.
- Ein Tag der Rückkehr. Hörspiel, SWF
1966.
- Winterliches Rom. Hörspiel, DLF
1967.
- Das Fest der Niederlage. Funkerzählung, DLF
1967.
- Ein Schiff aus Papier. Hörspiel, SDR
1967.
- Mein Kapitän ist tot. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1968.
- Siesta. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1971.
- Verletzung oder Unterweisung für eine Tochter. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1972.
- Rekonstruktionen einiger Augenblicke aus dem Leben meines Freundes B. am Tag vor seinem Tod. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
1973.
- Erzähl mir nichts! Jugendbuch. Bilder: Bernd Jansen, Weinheim 1974.
- Der Besuch. Jugendstück. Uraufführung: Hannover Theater des Kindes Juni 1974.
- Gespenster sieht man nicht. Jugendbuch. Illustrationen von Gottfried Wiegand, Zürich 1975, Bedburg 1997.
- Das war doch immer so. Merkbuch für Mädchen und Jungen. Geschichten, Beispiele, Texte, Zitate, Bilder und ein kleines Lexikon zum Thema Emanzipation. Mit Zeichnungen von Marie Marcks und Fotos von Tai Lüdicke, Weinheim 1976, 1991.
- Unterwegs zum Beginn. Erzählungen, Krefeld 1978.
- Morgen werde ich fliegen. Jugendbuch, Zürich 1979.
- Das Paar. Roman, Hamburg 1980.
- Woldsen oder Es wird keine Ruhe geben. Roman, Hamburg 1982.
- Die Tarotspieler. Roman, Hamburg 1986.
- Der Fußgänger. Fernsehspiel, o.O. 1987.
- Mutter Ey. Drehbuch / Fernsehspiel, Köln 1988.
- Assisi verlassen. Erzählung. Mit sechs farbigen Graphiken von Ulrich Erben, Düsseldorf 1993.
- Schliemanns Zuhörer. Erzählung, Düsseldorf 1995.
- Der Zuhörer. Hörspiel, SWR
1999.
- Gewissen gegen Gewalt. Für ein Else-Lasker-Schüler-Zentrum der verfolgten Künste, Wuppertal 1999 (zusammen mit Ignatz Bubis und Peter Finkelgruen).
- Sarajewo ’96. Erzählung. Mit Bildzeichen von Günther Uecker, Düsseldorf 2001.
- Sieh da, das Alter. Ein Tagebuch der Annäherung, Köln 2003.
- Der Liebesverrat. Erzählung, Köln 2005.
http://philfak.uni-duesseldorf.de/frauenarchiv/ddorf/autorinnen/aktuell/bach%E9r.html(German)
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
Germany.
Biography
Ingrid Bachér is a great-granddaughter of Theodor StormTheodor Storm
Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm , commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer.-Life:Storm was born in Husum, at the west coast of Schleswig than an independent duchy and ruled by the king of Denmark...
. During her childhood she lived in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, before moving to Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
during the last years of Second World War at her grandparent's house. After having studied at the College of Music and Theatre, she started working as a journalist from 1949 on.
During the 1950s she travelled to Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Central and South America and started writing travelogues and other prose. From 1958 onwards, she had been one of the few female members of the Gruppe 47, the most important German writer's group.
From 1960 until 1967 she lived in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, firstly as a scholar of the Villa Massimo and then as a journalist. She then went to live in München, Krefeld
Krefeld
Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...
and finally moved to Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. She has been married to the Artist Ulrich Erben since 1966 and is a mother of three children.
She has also been a member of the Union of German Authors since 1971. From 1982 until 1996 she had been a member of the German P.E.N Centre, whose president she was shortly from 1995 until 1996, when she resigned from the presidency following the debate over the union of the West and East German P.E.N centres.
Ingrid Bachér has been writing books for young people, travelogues, novels as well as radio and TV plays for the public broadcasting institutions such as the ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
or the SWF.
Prizes
1960 Scholarship at the Villa MassimoVilla Massimo
Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo , is a German art institute in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo....
, Rome
1961 Award of sponsorship of the city of Düsseldorf
1964 Berlin-Scholarship of the Kulturkreises im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
1986 Literary Prize of the GEDOK
1989 Kunstpreis Düsseldorf der Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
1995 Ferdinand-Lange-Kulturpreis
Works
(Excerpt)- Lasse Lar oder Die Kinderinsel. Erzählung, Wiesbaden 1958.
- Ein Weihnachtsabend. Ein Spiel für die Bühne nach Dickens. Jugendstück. Uraufführung: Ernst-Deutsch-Theater Hamburg 1.12.1957, Text: Reinbek bei Hamburg 1958.
- Schöner Vogel Quetzal. Roman, Wiesbaden 1959.
- Karibische Fahrt. Reisebericht. Mit Fotografien von Herbert List, Helene Hoppenot, Fritz Henle, Karl Helbig u.a., München 1961.
- Das Karussell des Einhorns. Hörspiel, BR/SWF
SWF
SWF is an Adobe Flash file format used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia, and then coming under the control of Adobe, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function.,...
1962, Text: Zürich 1979.
- Um fünf, die Stunde des Klavierspielers. Hörspiel, SWF
SWF
SWF is an Adobe Flash file format used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia, and then coming under the control of Adobe, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function.,...
1963.
- Die Straße. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1963.
- Tiger – Tiger. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1964.
- Marie Celeste. Hörspiel, BR 1964.
- Ich und ich. Roman, Frankfurt am Main 1964.
- Das Kinderhaus. Jugendbuch. Illustrationen von Lilo Fromm, Zürich 1965.
- Die Ausgrabung. Hörspiel, SWF
SWF
SWF is an Adobe Flash file format used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia, and then coming under the control of Adobe, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function.,...
1965.
- Lübeck: Die Bengstraße. Hörspiel, DLF
Dlf
DLF may refer to:*DLF Limited, India's largest real estate firm, formerly known as Delhi Land and Finance*Darfur Liberation Front*Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist movement based in southern Oman*Development Loan Fund, former lending arm of the U.S...
1966.
- Ein Tag der Rückkehr. Hörspiel, SWF
SWF
SWF is an Adobe Flash file format used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software, then transferred to Macromedia, and then coming under the control of Adobe, SWF files can contain animations or applets of varying degrees of interactivity and function.,...
1966.
- Winterliches Rom. Hörspiel, DLF
Dlf
DLF may refer to:*DLF Limited, India's largest real estate firm, formerly known as Delhi Land and Finance*Darfur Liberation Front*Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist movement based in southern Oman*Development Loan Fund, former lending arm of the U.S...
1967.
- Das Fest der Niederlage. Funkerzählung, DLF
Dlf
DLF may refer to:*DLF Limited, India's largest real estate firm, formerly known as Delhi Land and Finance*Darfur Liberation Front*Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist movement based in southern Oman*Development Loan Fund, former lending arm of the U.S...
1967.
- Ein Schiff aus Papier. Hörspiel, SDR
SDR
-Places:* Santander, Cantabria* Santander Airport, IATA airport code* Somalia, previously known as the Somali Democratic Republic* Southern Distributor Road, part of the Newport ring road in the United Kingdom...
1967.
- Mein Kapitän ist tot. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1968.
- Siesta. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1971.
- Verletzung oder Unterweisung für eine Tochter. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1972.
- Rekonstruktionen einiger Augenblicke aus dem Leben meines Freundes B. am Tag vor seinem Tod. Fernsehspiel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
1973.
- Erzähl mir nichts! Jugendbuch. Bilder: Bernd Jansen, Weinheim 1974.
- Der Besuch. Jugendstück. Uraufführung: Hannover Theater des Kindes Juni 1974.
- Gespenster sieht man nicht. Jugendbuch. Illustrationen von Gottfried Wiegand, Zürich 1975, Bedburg 1997.
- Das war doch immer so. Merkbuch für Mädchen und Jungen. Geschichten, Beispiele, Texte, Zitate, Bilder und ein kleines Lexikon zum Thema Emanzipation. Mit Zeichnungen von Marie Marcks und Fotos von Tai Lüdicke, Weinheim 1976, 1991.
- Unterwegs zum Beginn. Erzählungen, Krefeld 1978.
- Morgen werde ich fliegen. Jugendbuch, Zürich 1979.
- Das Paar. Roman, Hamburg 1980.
- Woldsen oder Es wird keine Ruhe geben. Roman, Hamburg 1982.
- Die Tarotspieler. Roman, Hamburg 1986.
- Der Fußgänger. Fernsehspiel, o.O. 1987.
- Mutter Ey. Drehbuch / Fernsehspiel, Köln 1988.
- Assisi verlassen. Erzählung. Mit sechs farbigen Graphiken von Ulrich Erben, Düsseldorf 1993.
- Schliemanns Zuhörer. Erzählung, Düsseldorf 1995.
- Der Zuhörer. Hörspiel, SWR
SWR
SWR may refer to:Technology:* Standing wave ratio, a wave and antenna concept* Steel Wire ropeRadio stations:* Südwestrundfunk, a public broadcasting company for the southwest of Germany...
1999.
- Gewissen gegen Gewalt. Für ein Else-Lasker-Schüler-Zentrum der verfolgten Künste, Wuppertal 1999 (zusammen mit Ignatz Bubis und Peter Finkelgruen).
- Sarajewo ’96. Erzählung. Mit Bildzeichen von Günther Uecker, Düsseldorf 2001.
- Sieh da, das Alter. Ein Tagebuch der Annäherung, Köln 2003.
- Der Liebesverrat. Erzählung, Köln 2005.
External links
- http://www.wlb-unna.com/LDB/phpautor/showdetail.php?STAT=1&CHR=B&ID=1&Z=50(German)
http://philfak.uni-duesseldorf.de/frauenarchiv/ddorf/autorinnen/aktuell/bach%E9r.html(German)