Beate Rygiert

Beate Rygiert was born in Tübingen and grew up in the northern Black Forest. She studied theatre and musicology as well as Italian literature in Munich and Florence, then worked as a theatre and opera dramaturge at various German stages. She later worked as a writer, screenwriter, painter and filmmaker. Her novels include “George Sand und die Sprache der Liebe,” “Die Pianistin. Clara Schumann und die Musik der Liebe,” and “Frau von Goethe.” Her literary and film work has received awards including the Würth Literature Prize and the Thomas Strittmatter Screenwriting Prize.