Gabriele Wohmann (née Guyot; 21 May 1932 – 22 June 2015) was a German novelist, and short story writer.
Life Wohmann was born in Darmstadt, the daughter of Paul Daniel Guyot, a minister, and Luise Guyot (née Lettermann).Stern, Guy (1988), "Gabriele Wohmann," in: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 75: Contemporary German Fiction Writers. Detroit, MI: Gale. pp. 249-257; here: p. 251-252. She completed her final year of high school (Gymnasium) at the Nordseepädagogium, a boarding school on the island Langeoog. She studied at the university in Frankfurt am Main from 1951 to 1953, leaving without a degree, upon her marriage to Reiner Wohmann, a fellow student. The couple accepted teaching positions on Langeoog for one year, before settling in Darmstadt. She worked as a teacher at her former school on Langeoog, and later at a community college, and a business school.
In 1956, Wohmann's story "Ein unwiderstehlicher Mann" (An Irresistible Man) was accepted for publication by the prestigious Munich-based literary magazine Akzente; it was the first work she had ever submitted anywhere. In 1957 she quit teaching in order to write full time.
Wohmann died on June 23, 2015, after struggling for a long time with serious illness in the place of her birth, Darmstadt.
Career Wohmann authored short stories, novels, poems, radio plays, television plays, and essays. She attended meetings of the Group 47. She was a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts since 1975, and the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt since 1980. She was a member of the PEN Centre of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1960 to 1988.
Works Jetzt und Nie, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1958 Abschied für länger, Walter, Olten/Freiburg im Breisgau, 1965 Ernste Absicht, Luchterhand Verlag, Berlin/Neuwied, 1970 Paulinchen war allein zu Haus, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1974 Schönes Gehege, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1975 Ausflug mit der Mutter, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1976 Frühherbst in Badenweiler, Luchterhand, Darmstadt, 1978 Ach wie gut daß niemand weiß, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1980 Das Glücksspiel, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1981 Der Flötenton, Luchterhand, Darmstadt/Neuwied, 1987 Bitte nicht sterben, Piper, München, 1993 Aber das war noch nicht das Schlimmste, Piper, München, 1995 Das Handicap, Piper, München, 1996 Das Hallenbad, Piper, München, 2000 Abschied von der Schwester, Pendo, Zürich/München, 2001 Schön und gut, Piper, München, 2002 Hol mich einfach ab, Piper, München, 2003
Works in English Selected Translations of Gabriele Wohmann, Steven Walter Eau Claire, University of Iowa, 1984 A Sea Resort, Translator Steven W. Eau Claire, The Journal of Literary Translation, Volume XVI, Spring 1986 The Piano Lesson, Translator Steven W. Eau Claire, The Amherst Review, Volume XIV, 1986 A Party in the Country, Translator Steve Eau Claire, The Antioch Review, Volume 45, Number 3, Summer 1987 The cherry tree, Translator Jeanne Willson, Dimension, 1994,
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"So spannend ist das Leben nicht", Berliner Zeitung, Benoît Pivert, 18 May 2002 Günter Häntzschel, Gabriele Wohmann, Beck, 1982,