Grete Weil

[2] In 1932, she began writing her dissertation, and also completed her first story, "Erlebnis einer Reise" (Experience of a trip).

[3] After the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Edgar lost his position and was also briefly detained by the police.

[3] To earn a living, Weil also wrote articles for the theater periodical Das neue Forum (Darmstadt), and translated books from English for the Limes publishing house in Wiesbaden.

[2] In 1960, Weil married her longtime friend, the opera director Walter Jockisch, with whom she had been together since her return to Germany.

Among her awards are the Wilhelmine-Lübke-Preis (1980), the Tukan Prize from the city of Munich (1983), the Geschwister Scholl-Preis (1988), the Carl-Zuckmayer Medal of Rhineland-Palatinate (1995) and the Bavarian Order of Merit (1996).