Antoinette Becker
French-German author of books for children and young people
About Antoinette Becker
Lived 1920 – 1998 (aged 78). Antoinette Becker was a French and German translator, children's writer and writer.
Antoinette Becker (born Antoinette Mathis, 5 April 1920 – 29 August 1998) was a French-German author, especially of books for children and young people. She also translated, such as Aribert Reimann's opera Lear.
Career Born Antoinette Mathis in Strasbourg, she was the secretary of Ernst Rudolf Huber, professor of constitutional law at the Reichsuniversität Straßburg. She met there her future husband who worked as an assistant, and later became a lawyer and politician of education. The couple raised six children, including the lawyer Nicolas Becker, the psychoanalyst Stephan Becker, Sophinette Becker, and also the foster child Joachim Nettelbeck.
Becker translated, including Aribert Reimann's opera Lear for the premiere in France in November 1982 at the Paris Opera. Maier, Ravensburg 1972. Kinder fragen nach Gott. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1962.
Literature Ulrich Raulff: Kreis ohne Meister. München 2009.
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French-German author of books for children and young people
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Antoinette Becker was born on 5 April 1920 in Strasbourg.
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Antoinette Becker died on 29 August 1998 in Berlin.
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Antoinette Becker was a translator, children's writer and writer.
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Antoinette Becker was French and German.
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