g isela f euersenger. born in rheinland-palatinate (germany), 1945 her family once lived in saarland...
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GISELA FEUERSENGER
GISELA FEUERSENGER
Born in Rheinland-Palatinate (Germany), 1945
Her family once lived in Saarland but during the war they had to escape from there, later they came back
She studied in Dortmund, graduated as a master of arts and worked there a few years as a teacher
Since 2001 she has lived in the Grafschaft Bentheim
WRITING
She loves reading and telling stories/ fairy tales
She once read a book that had such a bad quality that she decided to write her own books
She says that writing boosts her self-confidence
She is not strict with formal aspects
She doesn’t want to teach people in her texts but give them ideas to think about
WRITING II
She collects inspiration by watching TV, her own experiences, fashion she always has a critical look on these things
When she writes a book she first makes a concept with the protagonists, antagonists and motives. After that she fills in the details and finally polishes the complete story
She writes 8 to 10 pages a day for 2 to 3 hours
She gets feedback from her friends and neighbours
WRITING III One of her favourite books is Brave New World by Aldous L. Huxley
She says that publishing a book is very difficult all the publishers are only focused on making money unknown authors have no chance
She makes no money with her books
She doesn’t have a special target group. She writes the books for everyone who likes to read them no real target audience
Her message to her readers : be faithful to yourself , don’t take drugs don’t lie to yourself
LEBEN IM HIMMEL (LIFE IN HEAVEN)
“Life in Heaven”
This text is about a woman who dies and finds herself in heaven. She soon finds out that this heaven has nothing to do with the heaven she always imagined. This heaven seemed like hell because life in heaven was hellish boring and monotonous.
The text is purely fictional, does not have anything biographical
Although it is about religion she herself is not very pious
TAUSENDFÄLTIG LEBEN (THOUSANDFOLD LIFE)
This haiku symbolises winter. Crystal clear, cold nights make nature freeze. Nature takes a rest but under the frozen new life rises – thousandfold life flows.
THE AUTOGRAPH