Dichterinnen & Denkerinnen

Women have always written – often in secret, against resistance, and with success. Katharina Herrmann tells their stories and demonstrates through poems, letters, and excerpts from novels that it is high time to (re)read them! Whether poet, writer, or journalist – they all defied the conventions of their time with courage, intelligence, and talent, and sometimes with unwavering humor. A literary encounter with 20 inspiring women. Illustrated by Tanja Kischel.

Featuring portraits of Luise Gottsched, Sophie von La Roche, Caroline Auguste Fischer, Johanna Schopenhauer, Rahel Varnhagen, Karoline von Günderrode, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Louise Aston, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Helene Böhlau, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Ricarda Huch, Else Lasker-Schüler, Franziska zu Reventlow, Vicki Baum, Nelly Sachs, Gertrud Kolmar, Anna Seghers, Marieluise Fleisser, and Mascha Kaléko.

“The portraits invite us to adjust our literary history from a female perspective.” – Die Literarische Welt.