Johanna Braun (7 May 1929 – 24 October 2008) was a German writer.
Biography
Johanna Braun was born in
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
on 7 May 1929. Her father was an optician. She spent most of her life living in
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
and held a number of jobs including secretary and editor. From 1969 she was a fulltime writer. Braun married
Günter Braun and together they published a vast array of work mostly aimed at the younger audience but with a number of books for adults. Braun also wrote science fiction. The couple also wrote a radio feature in 1976. The couple were critical of social conditions and for several years some of their works were only available in
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
. Braun died in
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...
in 2008.
Bibliography
*The Great Magician's Error (1972)
*Uncanny Phenomena on Omega 11 (1974)
*The Mistake Factor (1975)
* Conviva Ludibundus (1978)
*The Utofant: A Periodical from the Third Millennium Found in the Future (1981)
*The Spherico-Transcendental Design (1983)
* The Inaudible Sounds (1984)
*"Pantamann" trilogy (1988–91)
Sources
1929 births
2008 deaths
Writers from Magdeburg
German writers
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