Irene Dische was born on February 13,1952 and is an American-Austrian author, journalist, screenwriter, and librettist whose work explores the German-Jewish experience, alienation, and exile.
11 Facts About Irene Dische
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Daughter of Jewish refugees, Ukrainian-American scientist Zacharias Dische and one time deputy Medical Examiner of NYC, Dr Maria Renate Dische, Dische was born and raised speaking German in the Washington Heights district of New York City.
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Irene Dische learned English in kindergarten, commuting two hours a day by subway and bus to attend the Brearley School in Manhattan, but eventually dropped out and never finished high school.
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Irene Dische stayed, raising a family in Berlin, and writing long reportages for the German version of the New Yorker, "Transatlantik".
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Irene Dische greatly missed his mother, who was killed by the Nazis, but he couldn't remember that, and in the film, his mother speaks to him; they converse.
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Irene Dische wrote two children's books, the first one, Esterhazy, was illustrated by Michael Sowa.
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Irene Dische collaborated with Hans Magnus Enzensberger on several more librettos, including Mozart's "Zaide" for the Berliner Staatsoper, "Politburo" for Wolfgang Rihm, and a series of ten minute librettos for various composers.
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Irene Dische wrote a new libretto for a Schubert opera,"The German Professor", based on the true story of a high ranking Nazi scholar who assumed a new identity as a left wing liberal in 1968.
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Irene Dische collaborated with Tobias Picker on the orchestral work Opera Without Words in 2016.
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Irene Dische's latest novel is a voice from the 18th century, belonging to the first celebrated transgender hero, a famous swordsman and intellectual, both as a man, and as a woman.
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Irene Dische is married to German lawyer Nicolas Becker and has two children: editor, writer, and translator Leon Dische-Becker, and writer and filmmaker Emily Dische-Becker.