Annemarie Bostroem


Annemarie Bostroem was a German poet, playwright, and lyricist. She lived most recently in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin.

Career and life

Bostroem was born to a family of doctors in Leipzig. Having attended schools in Munich and Königsberg, she studied theatre studies and German studies in Leipzig, Berlin and Vienna during World War II. From 1944 to her death in 2015, she lived in Berlin. From 1946 to 1954, Bostroem was an Associate of construction-stage sales, where she wrote poetry and plays. This was a special reputation she acquired as a Nachdichterin.
Her first poetry book was Terzinen des Herzens, but was rejected ideologically in the Soviet occupation zone of East Germany, and was censored in 1975. Nevertheless, the book was successful in the GDR with approximately 100,000 copies sold.
Bostroem was married to Friedrich Eisenlohr, another journalist, dramaturge, writer and publisher. She died in Berlin on 9 September 2015.

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