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2017 | 36 | 119-133

Article title

Nachgetragene Biografien. Auf der Spurensuche nach Helga M. Novaks Wurzeln

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EN
Supplemented biographies. In search of Helga M. Novak’s roots
PL
Nachgetragene Biografien. Auf der Spurensuche nach Helga M. Novaks Wurzeln

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DE
Der Beitrag unternimmt den Versuch, die Wissenslücken in Bezug auf die Wurzeln der Schriftstellerin Helga M. Novak zu füllen. Ihre autobiografischen Romane (Die Eisheiligen 1979, Vogel federlos 1982, Im Schwanenhals 2013) schrieb sie, der journalistischen Arbeitsweise gemäß, unter Berücksichtigung eigener Erinnerungen und Gespräche mit Verwandten der Adoptiveltern, von Recherchen auf den Standesämtern in Berlin und Dessau, doch das Gefühl, nirgendwo richtig verwurzelt und willkommen zu sein, schien sie immer zu begleiten. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse der nachgetragenen Spurensuche und will das in den Romanen Dargestellte mit Verifizierbarem (Dokumente aus dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv in Marbach, dem Staatsarchiv in Szczecin) vergleichen.
EN
The paper’s aim is to fill in knowledge gaps concerning the roots of the writer Helga M. Novak. She wrote her autobiographic novels (Die Eisheiligen 1979, Vogel federlos 1982, Im Schwanenhals 2013) according to a journalist’s working method, taking into consideration her own memories, conversations with the relatives of her adoptive parents, research in registry offices in Berlin and Dessau. Yet the feeling of having no proper roots and not really being welcome anywhere always seemed to be present in her life. The paper provides the outcome of an additional search for information and presents the verifiable information (documents of the German Literary Archives in Marbach, of the National Archives in Szczecin) against the background of the information depicted in the novels.
PL
The paper’s aim is to fill in knowledge gaps concerning the roots of the writer Helga M. Novak. She wrote her autobiographic novels (Die Eisheiligen 1979, Vogel federlos 1982, Im Schwanenhals 2013) according to a journalist’s working method, taking into consideration her own memories, conversations with the relatives of her adoptive parents, research in registry offices in Berlin and Dessau. Yet the feeling of having no proper roots and not really being welcome anywhere always seemed to be present in her life. The paper provides the outcome of an additional search for information and presents the verifiable information (documents of the German Literary Archives in Marbach, of the National Archives in Szczecin) against the background of the information depicted in the novels.

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36

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119-133

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published
2017-02-26

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