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Irmgard Keun (February 6, 1905 – May 5, 1982) was a German
author noteworthy both for her portrayals of life in the Weimar
Republic as well as the early years of the Nazi Germany era.
Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin (Charlottenburg) to Eduard and
Elsa Charlotte Keun on February 6, 1905. She and her family,
including her brother Gerd, born in 1910, lived in the city
until 1913, when they moved to Cologne. There Keun attended a
Lutheran girls' school, from which she graduated in 1921. She
worked as a stenotypist, but also attended acting school in
Cologne from 1925-1927. Although she then landed stage roles in
Greifswald and Hamburg, these were only somewhat successful, and
she decided to abandon her acting career in 1929. Encouraged by
German writer Alfred Döblin, she turned her hand to writing.  In
1932, she married the writer and director Johannes Tralow. They
divorced in 1937.  Keun's