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Scherf, Dagmar, 1942-

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Personal name headingScherf, Dagmar, 1942-
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Birth date1942-06-21
Found inHer Offenbach im Goethejahr 1982, 1982: cover (Dagmar Scherf) p. 36 (b. 6/21/42)
Veilchenbluten, 2013: title page (Dagmar Scherf) page facing title page (Dagmar Scherf; born 1942, Danzig, Poland; the family fled in 1945, leaving behind her father, who later went missing in Russian captivity; studied at the Pädagogische Hochschule München; Dr. phil. from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz; taught German at the University of Bristol, England, for one year; worked as an editor at a publishing house in Frankfurt/Main for eight years; since 1977, resides with her husband, journalist Günther Scherf, in Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg, Germany; since 1981, has been a freelance author and journalist)
Her web site, viewed July 15, 2015: Biographie (Dagmar Scherf; born Dagmar Weisgräber, 1942, Danzig, Poland; in January 1945, fled with her mother, grandmother, and siblings to the home of relatives in Gunzenhausen, Mittelfranken, Germany; studied at the Pädagogische Hochschule München between 1961 and 1964; earned doctorate in German at the Universität Mainz under her first married name, Dagmar Deskau; influenced by the protests of 1968; married Günther Scherf, editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau from 1975-2007; was lecturer in German at the University of Bristol for one year; from late 1974 to 1981, was an editor at the Hirschengraben Verlag in Frankfurt am Main, Germany; since than has been a writer)