Antoinette Becker

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.

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 Hellmut Becker [de] who worked as an assistant, and later became a lawyer and politician of education.

Becker translated, including Aribert Reimann's opera Lear for the premiere in France in November 1982 at the Paris Opera.