Irina Korschunow | |
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Born | 31 December 1925 Stendal, Germany |
Died | 31 December 2013 88) | (aged
Language | German |
Nationality | German |
Irina Korschunow (31 December 1925 – 31 December 2013) was a German writer. [1] Her oeuvre comprises short stories, novels theatrical works and film scripts. Born in Stendal, she started her career as a journalist and writer for children's books and young adult literature but focused predominantly on writing novels in her later years since about 1983. She was also a translator. [2]
She studied German, Drama, Social Sciences, and English. In the 1950s she became a journalist and author. She lived in Munich. [3]
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