Gabriele Tergit | |
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| Born | Gabriele Hirschmann 4 March 1894 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 25 July 1982 (aged 88) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 1931–1982 |
| Genre | Novel, journalism |
| Notable works | Käsebier erobert den Kurfürstendamm, Effingers |
Gabriele Tergit (pseudonym for Elise Reifenberg née Hirschmann) (4 March 1894 – 25 July 1982) was a German-born British writer and journalist. She became known primarily for her court reports, and as a writer, for her novel Käsebier conquers the Kurfürstendamm (Käsebier erobert den Kurfürstendamm; in translation published under the title Käsebier Takes Berlin).[1] Tergit served as secretary of the PEN-Center of German-language Authors Abroad.[2] Tergit was the mother of mathematician Ernst Robert Reifenberg.