Ginka Steinwachs

Ginka Steinwachs (born 31 October 1942) is a German educator and writer.[1]

The daughter of Walter S. Steinwachs and Hildegard Feist,[1] she was born Gisela Steinwachs[2] in Göttingen and was educated in Munich, Berlin and Paris.[3] Her PhD thesis on André Breton was later published as Mythologie des Surrealismus.[4] Steinwachs has lectured at several universities in France and Germany. She married Tilbert Stegmann. Since 2000, she has been living in Berlin.[3]

She has won:

  • the literary prize of the city of Erlangen
  • the literary prize of the city of Munich
  • the Prix Hubert Fichte of the city of Hamburg[3]

Selected works[4]

  • Tränende Herzen (Crying hearts), play (1977)
  • Marylinparis, novel (1978)
  • Berliner Trichter. Bilderbogen (Berlin Funnel/Picture page) (1979)
  • George Sand, play (1980)
  • Ein Mund von Welt (A mouth full of world), prose (1989)
  • Vollmund (Full mouth), prose (1991)

References

  1. 1 2 Strute, Karl; Doelken, Theodor (1976). Who's Who in Germany. p. 389. ISBN 3921220289.
  2. "Ginka Steinwachs" (in German). Munzinger.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ginka Steinwachs" (in French). L'Arche Editeur.
  4. 1 2 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 308. ISBN 0415159806.


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