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Angelika Mechtel

アンゲリカ・メヒテル

Anzerika Mehiteru

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1943-08-26 (Dresden)
Died
2000-02-08 (Cologne) age 56
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
West Germany → Cologne → Boquerón bay, Puerto Rico

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1963-2000
Memberships
Verband deutscher Schriftsteller (VS), PEN West German Centre

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gegen Eis und Flut

1963 Poetry

First volume of poetry

Die feinen Totengräber

1968 Stories

Collection of stories, major success

Das gläserne Paradies

1973 Novel

Caricatures the bourgeois family

Bourgeois family caricature

Hello, Vivi!

1975 Children's book

First children's book

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Wrote in many genres

Health

  • Breast cancer
    1987-1993
    Relapse in 1993 forced her to give up commitments

Legacy

Known for writing in many genres, active in VS and PEN

Trivia

  • Father was journalist Walter Mechtel, shot dead in Yemen in 1967
  • Mother was actress Gisela Altendorf
  • Dropped out of school due to pregnancy, married
  • Two daughters
  • Ashes scattered at sea in Boquerón bay, Puerto Rico