Ruth Weiss (writer)

Ruth Weiss ( born July 26, 1924 in Fürth ) is a German writer.

Biography

1936 emigrated Ruth White with her ​​Jewish family to Johannesburg ( South Africa). After working in a lawyer's office, at an insurance company and a publishing house, it begins in 1954 for various international newspapers and magazines to write about. She sits as a journalist in South Africa in particular against the apartheid so that they declared a " persona non grata " and is entered into a so -called "black list " of it by using friends 1991 is deleted. You will also receive entry ban soon. Consequently, they henceforth operates in Southern Rhodesia and accompanied Zimbabwe's independence, until they finally, after having spent some time on the Isle of Wight (England), retires to Germany. 2005 Weiss was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Today, she writes primarily not more non-fiction books, but novels (especially "My sister Sara" ) have been included in part in the literary canon of the schools. The book " My Sister Sara" was to test reading of the high schools in Baden- Württemberg in the school year 2006/2007. In July 2010, a secondary school in Aschaffenburg ( Bavaria ) was named after her. Ruth Weiss lives in Luedinghausen ( Westphalia).

Works

  • Song Without Music ( 1980)
  • The seed Goes On - Zimbabwe's agriculture ( 1987)
  • Feresia (1988)
  • People cast shadows (1989 )
  • Paths in the tough grass ( autobiography; 1994)
  • The trip to Gaborone ( 1997)
  • Sasha and the nine old men ( children's book, 1997)
  • Divided Country (1997)
  • Night of Betrayal (2000)
  • My sister Sara (2002)
  • Blood Stone ( 2003)
  • The Judenweg (2004)
  • The emergency baptism (2006)
  • Mitzi's Wedding ( 2007)
  • I was not invited: Thoughts during a trip (2008)
  • Miss Moore's birthday (novel, 2008)
  • Memory 's diary. A story from Zimbabwe (novel, 2009)
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