Sophie Behr

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Sophie Behr
BornJanuary 7, 1935
Neubrandenburg
DiedFebruary 21, 2015
Occupationwriter, journalist
SubjectScience fiction
Notable worksIda & Laura. Once more with feeling

Sophie Behr née  Sophie Elisabeth von Behr-Negendanck; (1935-01-07)January 7, 1935 in Neubrandenburg – (2015-02-21)February 21, 2015)[1][2] was a German feminist[3] journalist and author of practical life books and novels that combine motherhood and feminist science fiction.[4]

Biography

Friedhof Hader (Ruhstorf an der Rott) Kinder von Barhof memorial.

Sophie Behr was the daughter of Gertrude née von Rumohr (1908-1994) and Hans Jasper von Behr-Negendanck (1901-1944), a Mecklenburg landowner and retired reserve lieutenant.[5] She grew up in her father's manor house in Neverin, near Neubrandenburg. Her family was expropriated in 1945 and fled to Schleswig-Holstein. After graduating from the Ostsee-Gymnasium Timmendorfer Strand, she studied English, Spanish, psychology and sociology.[6]

She was a journalist for Der Spiegel for 16 years[7] and chief correspondent for Munich and then Berlin, before working as a freelance journalist for Emma,[8][9]radio and the feminist press[.[10]

Behr was also co-founder of the Association of Single Mothers and Fathers (originally called the Association of Single Mothers (Verbandes alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter)), of which she was president from 1977 to 1981[1]. [11]From 1984 until her death, she lived in Ruhstorf an der Rott in Lower Bavaria, at the Barhof near Hader, which she also transformed into a memorial to the 90 children of forced labourers murdered there in 1944-1945.

Björn Engholm included him in his government team for the 1983 regional elections in Schleswig-Holstein [de].[12]

In 1997 she wrote Ida & Laura. Once more with feeling, a feminist science fiction novel.[13][14][15]

Works

  • Behr, Sophie (1997). Ida & Laura: once more with feeling; Roman. Clelia (in German). Königstein/Taunus: Helmer. ISBN 978-3-927164-57-4.
  • Riecher Innerunge (in German). Passau: Eigenverlag. 1991. ISBN 3-499-17373-5.
  • Barhof. Ruhstorf: Eigenverlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-940445-09-4.
  • Reisen, speisen, grausam sein (in German). Koenigstein/Taunus: Helmer. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89741-232-3.
  • Barhof (in German). Ruhstorf: self published. 2007. ISBN 978-3-940445-09-4.
  • Inselgeschichten (in German). Ruhstor: self published. 2009. ISBN 978-3-940445-76-6.

References

  1. ^ "Todesanzeige". web.archive.org (in German). 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ "Sophie Behr - Deutsche Literatur Archiv". www.dla-marbach.de. Retrieved 2024-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Gaby präsentiert: Interview mit Sophie Behr". archive.org. Retrieved 20 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Hangel, Magdalena (2013). "Weibliche Geschlechterrollen in der Science-Fiction-Literatur deutschsprachiger Autorinnen" (pdf) (in German). p. 41..
  5. ^ Borcher, Friedrich-Wilhelm; Steinhäuser, Udo; Schulz, Werner; de Veer, Renate (2011). Ziegeleigeschichte(n): ehemalige Ziegeleien an der Lehm- und Backsteinstraße (in German). Buchberg Verlag. p. 92. ISBN 978-3980745918.
  6. ^ "Behr, Sophie (1935-2015)". Kalliope Verbund (in German).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link).
  7. ^ "Suche - Der Spiegel". Der Spiegel (in German).
  8. ^ "Wenn Frauen gegen Frauen schreiben". EMMA (in German). August 1978..
  9. ^ von Behr, Sophie (July 1978). "Die betrogenen Witwen". EMMA (in German)..
  10. ^ "Berlin goes feminist". feministberlin1968ff.de..
  11. ^ "Geschichte - Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter (VAMV)". Verband alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter (VAMV) (in German).
  12. ^ "Quer zum Kurs". Der Spiegel (in German). 1983-03-06. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  13. ^ Mäurer, Markus (26 March 2019). "Wiki und die "starken" Männer: Von der Löschung der Liste deutschsprachiger Science-Fiction-Autorinnen". TOR Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Mäurer, Marcus (11 June 2020). "Die wichtigsten deutschsprachigen Science-Fiction-Autorinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ein Überblick". TOR Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  15. ^ Rzeszotnik, Jacek, ed. (2002). Zwischen Flucht und Herrschaft: phantastische Frauenliteratur. Fantasia. Passau: EDFC. ISBN 978-3-932621-53-6.
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