Barbara Honigmann (born 12 February 1949 in East Berlin) is a German
author, artist and theater director.Barbara Honigmann is the daughter
of a Jewish emigrant parents, who returned to East Berlin in 1947
after a period of exile in Great Britain. Her mother, Litzi Friedman
(1910â€"1991) also known as Alice nee Kohlmann, and her father, Georg
Honigmann, Ph.D (1903â€"1984).[1] Her mother was born in Vienna,
Austria and worked in film dubbing in her later years.[1] Her father
was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was the chief editor of the
"Berliner Zeitung" while also being a filmmaker.[1] The couple
divorced in 1954.[1]From 1967 to 1972, she studied theater at Humboldt
University in East Berlin. In the following years she worked as a
dramatist and director in Brandenburg and Berlin. She has been a
freelance writer since 1975. In 1981, she married Peter Obermann who
later took her surname; the two went on to have two children together,
Johannes (b. 1976) and Ruben (b. 1983). In 1984, she and Peter left
the GDR to move to a German Jewish community in Strasbourg, France.
Honigmann began finally to explore her German roots in the end of the
20th century [2]According to Emily Jeremiah from The Institute of
Modern Languages Research, "Honigmann’s texts are also paradigmatic
of post-exile writings by German-Jewish authors. In addition, they
offer examples of literary reactions to the demise of the GDR by its
decamped intellectuals, and represent the articulations of a new
generation of women writers" [3]
author, artist and theater director.Barbara Honigmann is the daughter
of a Jewish emigrant parents, who returned to East Berlin in 1947
after a period of exile in Great Britain. Her mother, Litzi Friedman
(1910â€"1991) also known as Alice nee Kohlmann, and her father, Georg
Honigmann, Ph.D (1903â€"1984).[1] Her mother was born in Vienna,
Austria and worked in film dubbing in her later years.[1] Her father
was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was the chief editor of the
"Berliner Zeitung" while also being a filmmaker.[1] The couple
divorced in 1954.[1]From 1967 to 1972, she studied theater at Humboldt
University in East Berlin. In the following years she worked as a
dramatist and director in Brandenburg and Berlin. She has been a
freelance writer since 1975. In 1981, she married Peter Obermann who
later took her surname; the two went on to have two children together,
Johannes (b. 1976) and Ruben (b. 1983). In 1984, she and Peter left
the GDR to move to a German Jewish community in Strasbourg, France.
Honigmann began finally to explore her German roots in the end of the
20th century [2]According to Emily Jeremiah from The Institute of
Modern Languages Research, "Honigmann’s texts are also paradigmatic
of post-exile writings by German-Jewish authors. In addition, they
offer examples of literary reactions to the demise of the GDR by its
decamped intellectuals, and represent the articulations of a new
generation of women writers" [3]
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