Barbara Beuys

Barbara Beuys (born 1943) is a German author and journalist. She studied history, philosophy and sociology and earned a doctorate in history. She worked as an editor for publications including Stern, Merian and Die Zeit. She is best known for biographical works on figures such as Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Hildegard of Bingen, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Sophie Scholl and Asta Nielsen. Several of her books also explore biographies and personal stories from the period of National Socialism. In 2017, she received the Luise Büchner Prize for Journalism.