Marie-Luise Scherer (15 October 1938 – 17 December 2022) was a German writer and journalist.

Marie-Luise Scherer
Born(1938-10-15)15 October 1938
Died17 December 2022(2022-12-17) (aged 84)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Writer
Journalist

Biography

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Scherer 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 [de] 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

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Works

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Winkler, Willi (19 December 2022). "Geschenk an die Sprache". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ Pohle, Julia (10 December 2004). "Silbe um Silbe wächst der Text". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Teutsch, Katharina (18 December 2022). "Die Radikale". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Kunstpreis des Saarlandes an Marie-Luise Scherer". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 22 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Marie-Luise Scherer". Academy of Arts, Berlin (in German).
  6. ^ "Frühere SPIEGEL-Reporterin Marie-Luise Scherer gestorben". Der Spiegel (in German). 18 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Neue Mitglieder der Akademie der Künste". Academy of Arts, Berlin (in German). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ Böttiger, Helmut (10 December 2012). "Paris ganz nüchtern – und grausam". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2022.