Sigrid Kahle
Sigrid Kahle Ida Matilda ( born September 18, 1928 in Paris as Sigrid Nyberg, † December 31, 2013 Uppsala ) was a Swedish journalist and writer.
Life and work
Kahle is the daughter of Orientalists, religion historian and linguist Henrik Samuel Nyberg. She married in 1951 Hans Hermann (John) Kahle, son of orientalist Paul Kahle, and began a study of Oriental Studies in Bonn. 1939 Bald fled from Germany. As of 1941, she continued her studies at Oxford and was later in the diplomatic service of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Sigrid Kahle gave in 2003 the first volume Jag valde mitt liv (literally: " I chose my life "), her autobiography out in 2013 the second part Att vilja sitt desolate - trots allt (literally: " His fate will - in spite of everything ").
Sigrid Kahle was dedicated to the world and culture of Islam. 2006 she and her husband donated their library with a focus on Islam and the Orient the University of Umeå and 2008 their extensive collection of newspaper clippings of Sigtunastiftung.
Bibliography
- H.S. Nyberg, 1991
- Orientalism i Sverige, Preface to Orientalism by Edward W. Said, 1993
- Skrivet av Sigrid Kahle, 1994
- Från Indus till Hindukush, 1994
- Jag valde mitt liv, 2003
- Att vilja sitt desolate - trots allt, 2013