Tamara Ehlert, aka Tamara Traumann (28 December 1921 – 8 September 2008) was a German writer and lyricist. She was born in

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, and trained in theatre and dance. During the

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she worked as a

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and

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operator. She worked as an interpreter for the British occupation government after the war. From 1951 onwards, she was employed by the

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. Her first publication was in the ''Königsberger Tageblatt'' in 1938, and after 1945 her poems and short stories were regularly in print. She died in

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, aged 86.

Awards

* ''Award of Brentano book publishing department, Stuttgart'' (1954) * ''Nicolaus Copernicus Award'' (1970) * ''

Andreas Gryphius Andreas Gryphius (; 2 October 161616 July 1664) was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque poets of the Germanos ...

Award'' (1976)

Bibliography

* ''Die Dünenhexe'' (1950) Shortstories * ''Spröder Wind von Ost'' (1971) Poetry * ''Kleiner alter Mann geht durch den Wind'' (1976) Poetry * ''Das silberne Fräulein'' (1976) Tales and Poems * ''So war der Frühling in meiner Stadt"'' (1993) Poems and Prose 1921 births 2008 deaths 20th-century German poets German lyricists Writers from Königsberg German women poets 20th-century German women writers {{Germany-poet-stub