Renate Feyl

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Renate Feyl (born 30 July 1944) is a Prague-born writer living in Germany. [1]

Born in Prague (at that time Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia), she grew up in Jena and went on to study philosophy at Humboldt University. Since 1970, Feyl has lived in Berlin working as a freelance writer. [2] [1] [3]

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Selected works [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Renate Feyl". whoswho.de (in German).
  2. ↑ "Der lautlose Aufbruch von Renate Feyl". Literaturzeitschrift (in German).
  3. 1 2 Hallberg, Robert von; Northcott, Kenneth J (1996). Literary Intellectuals and the Dissolution of the State: Professionalism and Conformity in the GDR. University of Chicago Press. p. 170. ISBN   0226864979.
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