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Helga Schütz’s strength lies in her ability to show the impact of large events on characters whose range of experience is limited by their confinement to rural backwaters. Vom Glanz der Elbe (1995) approaches post-Wende Germany via the search of an emigrant for his twin left behind in the GDR.
Helga Schütz was born on 2 October 1937 in Falkenhain, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Sokolówka, Polanica-Zdrój, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She is a writer and director, known for Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1976) , Schauplatz der Geschichte (1976) and Addio, piccola mia (1979) .
- Writer, Director, Actress
- October 2, 1937
- Helga Schütz
Helga Schütz (* 2. Oktober 1937 in Falkenhain, Kreis Goldberg, Niederschlesien) ist eine deutsche Schriftstellerin und Drehbuchautorin.
One question with which Schütz is especially intrigued is whether readers in the West can sense the pain and concerns portrayed in the novel — sensitivity to the specific problems of one society make it difficult and even artificial for an author to build a bridge to “outside” readers.
Helga Schütz. Eventually, the Helga Schütz story had a happy ending. The German faculty at Oberlin, appalled by the way she had been mistreated by the GDR authorities, resolved to keep inviting her and not to invite any other writers from the GDR until she had visited Oberlin. In the fall of 1985, we invited her to be writer-in-residence for ...
Her recent works include the two autobiographical novels, Sepia (2012) and Knietief im Paradies (2005), poetic reflections on her childhood and youth. Helga Schütz, who has been member of the PEN Center Germany since 1991, lives in Potsdam.
Apr 11, 2024 · 18 & 19 April 2024 | Brechthaus Berlin On 18 and 19 April 2024, there will be a conference on the work of German writer Helga Schütz at the Brechthaus in Berlin. Helga Schütz, now almost 87 years old, was involved in many DEFA films as a screenwriter and scenarist and is still active as a writer.
