Sophie Behr née Sophie Elisabeth von Behr-Negendanck; January 7, 1935 in Neubrandenburg – 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]
Sophie Behr | |
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Born | January 7, 1935 Neubrandenburg |
Died | February 21, 2015 (aged 80) |
Occupation | writer, journalist |
Subject | Science fiction |
Notable works | Ida & Laura. Once more with feeling |
Biography
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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 .[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.