Anja Lundholm

Anja Lundholm (born as Helga Erdtmann, 28 April 1918, Düsseldorf – 4 August 2007, Frankfurt), popularly known by her pen names Ann Berkeley and Alf Lindström, was a German novelist and holocaust survivor.

Lundholm authored several books, including the memoirs Das Höllentor ("The Gates of Hell", 1988) that narrates her imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp from spring 1944 until escape in early May 1945.

Awards and honors 1970: Kulturpreis of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany 1986: Förderpreis of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung 1991: Special Prize for the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize 1993: Johanna Kirchner Medaille 1997: Hans Sahl Preis for Das Höllentor 1998: BDS Literature Prize 1998: Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt 1998: Wilhelm-Leuschner Medal 2003: Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis

Publications Novels Autobiographical novels Halb und halb ("Half and Half", 1966) Morgengrauen ("Dawn", 1970) Der Grüne ("The Green", 1972) Jene Tage in Rom ("Those Days in Rome", 1982) Geordnete Verhältnisse ("Orderly Conditions", 1983) Die äußerste Grenze ("The Outermost Limit", 1988) Das Höllentor ("The Gates of Hell", 1988) Im Netz ("Online", 1991)

Solo novels Ich liebe mich, liebst du mich auch? ("I Love Myself, Do You Love Me Too?", 1971) as Ann Berkeley. Zerreißprobe ("Test of Endurance", 1974) Nesthocker ("Nest Stool", 1977) Mit Ausblick zum See ("With a View of the Lake", 1979) Narziß postlagernd ("Narcissus Post-Bearing", 1985)

Translations as Alf Lindström Peter Baker, Das große Spiel (trans. The Great Game) (Zürich: 1970) Peter Baker, Privatklinik Valetudo (trans. Private Clinic Valetudo) (Zürich: 1971) Richard Beilby, Keinen Orden für Aphrodite (trans. No Order for Aphrodite) (Zürich: 1970) Gordon Thomas, Die Feuerwolke (trans. The Fire Cloud) (Zürich: 1970)

as herself Mala Rubinstein, Schön und charmant mit Mala Rubinstein (trans. Beautiful and Charming with Mala Rubinstein) (Zürich: 1975)