Ginka Steinwachs

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

Ginka Steinwachs (left) and Silvia Hildegard Haneklaus (right) Januar 2014 in the "Glucsburgh" in Goslar Ginka & Silvia 2014.jpg
Ginka Steinwachs (left) and Silvia Hildegard Haneklaus (right) Januar 2014 in the "Glucsburgh" in Goslar

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:

Selected works [4]

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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.