Verena Stefan (3 October 1947 – 29 November 2017) was a Swiss-born feminist and writer living in Germany, later in Canada.
She was born in Bern and moved to Berlin in 1968 to become a physical therapist and study sociology at the Free University of Berlin. Her first book Häutungen (Sheddings) (1975) was based on her experiences living in Berlin. In 1980, she published a book of poems Mit Füßen, mit Flügeln (With feet, with wings).
With Gabriele Meixner, she has published German translations of Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich and Lesbian Peoples by Monique Wittig. Stefan has also published essays on writing for Die Zeit and Frauenoffensive.
She lived together with Lise Moisan and died in Montreal on 29 November 2017.
References
- ^ Sandford, John (2013). Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Routledge. pp. 581–82. ISBN 978-1136816031.
- ^ Altbach, Edith H (1984). German Feminism: Readings in Politics and Literature. State University of New York Press. p. 383. ISBN 0873958411.
- Wilson, Katharina M (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 1137. ISBN 0824085477.
- Cocalis, Susan L (1986). German Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology. Feminist Press at CUNY. p. 181. ISBN 0935312536.
- L-Mag.de: Die Hochzeiten, Verlobungen, Regenbogenbabies und Abschiede 2017 (german)
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