Claire Goll
German writer
Born Oct 29, 1890
in Nuremberg, Germany,
Died May 30, 1977
in Paris, France
Biographical Detail:
Grew up in Munich as the second child of a German-Jewish family
1911 Married with Heinrich Studer, moved to Leipzig
1912 Gave birth to daughter Doralies
1917 Divorced from Studer and lost custody for Doralies, who was sent to Zurich to live with Studer’s parents
1917 Moved to Geneva, Switzerland; Studied medicine and psychology; Earned a living as a writer for newspapers and pacifist journals
1919 Moved to Zurich and Ascona before settling in Paris in November
1921 Married Yvan Goll
1938 Attempted suicide
1939 Emigrated to America due to fear of war and persecution by the Nazis
1942 Mother was transported to Ausschwitz (Official date of her death: Sept 19)
1947 Returned to Paris
1950 Husband Yvan Goll died of leukaemia
1977 Died May 30 in Paris
Literary Activity & Artistic Practice:
- stimulated by the extraordinary community of writers and artists in Switzerland during WW1
- wrote and published fashion, art, film and theatre reviews
- published collections of short fiction and volumes of verse (e. Mitwelt andLyrische Filme)
- translated and edited novels as well as international collections of poetry
- together with Yvan Goll, she wrote several joint volumes of love poetry (including Poèmes d’amour [Poems of Love], Poèmes de jalousie [Poems of Jealousy]) and Poèmes de la vie et de la mort [Poems of Life and Death])
- most famous novel: Der Neger Jupiter raubt Europa
Selection of Works:
Mitwelt (1918)
Lyrische Filme (1922)
Une allemande à Paris (1924)
Une Perle (1929)
Education barbare (Barbaric Education) (1941)
Le Ciel volé (Stolen Sky) (1958)
Der gestohlene Himmel (ditto) (1962)
Ballerine de la peur (Ballerina of Fear) (1971)
Traumtänzerin (Dream Dancer) (1971)
Der Neger Jupiter raubt Europa (1987)
Sources:
Blumenthal, Bernhardt. “Rilke and Claire Goll.” Modern Austrian Literature, vol. 15, no. 3-4, 1982, pp. 169-182.
Artist’s Estate:
Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach am Neckar (Link to Website)
Story Map of the Artist’s Life:
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I want to translate her poems