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Géraldine Schwarz

ジェラルディーヌ・シュワルツ

Jerarudīnu Shuwarutsu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1974-10-01 （Strasbourg）
Nationality
France, Germany
Languages
French, German, English
Residence History
Paris area → Berlin → Strasbourg

Career

Occupations
journalist, author, documentary filmmaker
Active Years
1997-

Education

Lycee International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
German department
Period: 1985-1992
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: France
Passed Abitur in the German department
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
History
Period: 1993-1997
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: France
Studied history (period includes study at the London School of Economics)
London School of Economics (LSE)
History
Period: 1993-1997
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: United Kingdom
Included study alongside Sorbonne / exchange
Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris (CFJ)
Journalism
Period: 1997
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: France
Joined journalism training program

Awards

European Book Prize
2018
Work: Les Amnésiques / Those Who Forget
Organization: European Book Prize
Result: 受賞
Winfried Prize
2019
Work: Les Amnésiques / Those Who Forget
Category: 国際理解と平和
Organization: City of Fulda
Result: 受賞
North-South Prize (Literature)
2019
Work: Les Amnésiques / Those Who Forget
Category: 文学
Organization: North-South Prize organization
Result: 受賞
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
2020
Work: Those Who Forget
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: Baillie Gifford
Result: ロングリスト（longlisted）
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
2020
Work: Those Who Forget
Organization: Kirkus Reviews
Result: 選出
Mark Lynton Prize
2021
Work: Those Who Forget
Organization: Mark Lynton Prize organization
Result: ショートリスト（shortlisted）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Amnésiques / Those Who Forget

2017 historical essay / autobiographical documentary

Through three generations of her family, Schwarz examines complicity and responsibility during the Nazi era and argues for a culture of memory and responsibility as essential to democratic society.

memoryresponsibilityintergenerational reconciliationVergangenheitsbewältigungdemocracy and civic education
Translations
  • German edition 'Die Gedächtnislosen, Erinnerung einer Europäerin'
  • English edition 'Those Who Forget'

Bibliography

  • Les Amnésiques / Those Who Forget
  • Rester en Algérie (documentary, with Philippe Baron, 2012)
  • Exil nazi: La promesse de l'orient (documentary, 2014)
  • Les espoirs perdus de la Réunification (documentary, 2019)

Translations of Works

  • English edition 'Those Who Forget'
  • German edition 'Die Gedächtnislosen, Erinnerung einer Europäerin'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
investigative, documentary prose blending family history with broader historical analysisreportage-like non-fiction approach
Recurring Motifs
memory and forgettingindividual responsibilityintergenerational questioning

Legacy

Through her books, articles and films Schwarz has stimulated debate across Europe about memory politics and coming to terms with the past, influencing public discussion, education and commemorative initiatives.

Academic Societies

  • European Observatory on Memories

Archives

  • Materials listed in the German National Library

Quotes

  • Schwarz embeds her appeal to citizens and nations to do memory work in a gripping detective story centered on her own family's history.
    Source: The Washington Post (comment by Samantha Power) (2020)

Trivia

  • Born to a French mother and a German father, she describes herself as a 'child of German-French reconciliation'.
  • Les Amnésiques has been translated into more than ten languages.
  • The book prompted a commemorative plaque for the Löbmann and Wertheimer families.