Marie-Luise Scherer (15 October 1938 – 17 December 2022) was a German writer and journalist.
Marie-Luise Scherer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1938 |
| Died | 17 December 2022 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Journalist |
Biography
editScherer began her career as a reporter for the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and later wrote for Berliner Morgenpost and Die Zeit. She was a journalist at Der Spiegel from 1974 to 1998, where she became known for her literary reports. More recently, she wrote autobiographical pieces for Sinn und Form, a bimonthly literature journal of the Academy of Arts, Berlin.[1]
In her writing, Scherer wrote a form she characterized as "syllable work", explaining that "two good sentences in one day are lucky".[2] For more than 20 years, she wrote a maximum of two reports a year for Der Spiegel.[3]
In 2012, Scherer received the Kunstpreis des Saarlandes for literature.[4] Her works have been translated into French, Italian, and Spanish. She lived in Damnatz[5] and died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 84.[6]
Awards
edit- Theodor Wolff Prize (1970)
- Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for Der Zustand, eine hilflose Person zu sein (1977)
- Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for Auf deutsch gesagt: gestrauchelt (1979)
- Siebenpfeiffer Award (1989)
- Ludwig Börne Prize (1994)
- Italo-Svevo-Preis (2008)
- Heinrich Mann Prize (2011)
- Kunstpreis des Saarlandes (2012)
- Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize (with Stefan Chwin, 2015)
- Member of the Academy of Arts, Hanseatenweg (2015)[7]
Works
edit- Ungeheurer Alltag. Geschichten und Reportagen (1988)
- Der Akkordeonspieler. Wahre Geschichten aus vier Jahrzehnten (2004)
- Die Bestie von Paris und andere Geschichten (2012)[8]
- Die Hundegrenze (2013)
- Unter jeder Lampe gab es Tanz (2014)
- Der Akkordeonspieler (2017)
References
edit- ^ Winkler, Willi (19 December 2022). "Geschenk an die Sprache". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Pohle, Julia (10 December 2004). "Silbe um Silbe wächst der Text". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Teutsch, Katharina (18 December 2022). "Die Radikale". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Kunstpreis des Saarlandes an Marie-Luise Scherer". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Marie-Luise Scherer". Academy of Arts, Berlin (in German).
- ^ "Frühere SPIEGEL-Reporterin Marie-Luise Scherer gestorben". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Neue Mitglieder der Akademie der Künste". Academy of Arts, Berlin (in German). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Böttiger, Helmut (10 December 2012). "Paris ganz nüchtern – und grausam". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.