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Irene Dische (born February 13, 1952) is an American author and journalist, responsible for several international bestsellers. ==Biography== Daughter to Jewish refugees, scientist Zacharias Dische and doctor Maria Renate Dische. Dische was born and raised in the Washington Heights district of New York City. As a teenager, she fled the regime of her stepfather Sig, only to end up in Libya during Col. Gaddafi's revolution. From there, Dische backpacked to Kenya, where she worked for famed paleontologist Louis Leakey. She returned to the United States in 1972. Back in her home country, she enrolled at Harvard University, majoring in Literature and Anthropology. After graduation, Dische worked as a freelance journalist, publishing in ''The New Yorker'' and ''The Nation''. In the early 1980s, Dische moved to Berlin, Germany, a place where she still spends a considerable amount of time. In 1986, Dische produced the documentary film ''Zacharias'' (1986). The film was based on her own script about her father, a Jew from Lemberg, who – having grown up in Vienna – fled to America through France to become one of the most distinguished biochemists of his generation. It was broadcast on the ZDF.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Irene Dische )〕 In 1989, Dische published her first novel ''Pious Secrets''. The book became a Bestseller throughout Europe, and ended up being translated into 15 languages. In 1993, Dische made her first appearance as a children's author alongside co-writer Magnus Enzensberger, publishing ''Esterhazy'', the tale of a hare searching for love in the Berlin of the late 1980s. Her next children's book, ''Zwischen zwei Scheiben Glück'' (1997; Eng. ''Between Two Seasons of Happiness'', 1998) tells the tale of a young Jewish boy who, following ''Kristallnacht'', was sent into exile by his father, to stay with his seemingly stern grandfather in Hungary. The novel was awarded the German Young People's Literature Award and was also released as an audio book. Dische's most recent novel was also her most successful one. "The Empress of Weehawken", Dische's autobiography told from the point of view of her grandmother, was released in 2005 to significant critical acclaim.
The book was also a notable commercial success, selling over half a million copies in Germany alone. In 2007, she released a collection of short stories, entitled ''Loves''. With Hans Magnus Enzensberger she wrote the libretto for Aulis Sallinen's fifth opera ''The Palace''.〔(Some Thoughts on The Palace by Aulis Sallinen, 1995. At the Music Finland site. )〕 In 2008 her book ''The Job'' was made into the German television movie, ''Ein Job'' starring Vanessa Redgrave. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irene Dische」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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