Scharf, Erika (Pseudonym: Karoline Urban)
Banat Translator, Prose Writer, Poet & Author
Scharf, Erika (Pseudonym: Karoline Urban), born 12 Jun 1929 in Temeswar, lived in Temeswar; Translator, prose writer, poet; member of the Writers’ Association of the RSS.
Co-Author of:
17 Ich – Wir [I – We], 1965
Worte and Wege [Words and Ways], 1970
Worte unterm Regenbogen [Words under the rainbow], 1973
Translator of: a) Plays:
- George Ciprian: Die Schindmähre [The nag], 1964
- Virgil Stoenescu: Mamas Liebling [Mama’s darling], 1966
- Victor Eftimiu: Der Vagabund [The tramp], 1967
- Nelu Ionescu: Verwischte Spuren [Blurred tracks], 1967
- Leopold Lahola: Gogo und die Heiligen [Gogo and the saints], 1968 (with Hans Pomarius)
- Eugene O’Neill: Ela Mond für die Beladenen [Ela Mond for the charged ones], 1969
- Pierre Barrillet/Jean Pierre Gredy: Die Kaktusblüte [The cactus flower], 1969
- N. W. Gogol: Das Tagebuch eines Narren [The diary of a fool], 1969
- Tudor Musatescu: Ein Winternachstraum [A dream of a winter night], 1969
- Robert Thomas: Acht Frauen suchen einen Mörder [Eight women searching for a murderer], 1976
- Laszoloffy Csaba: Storch, Storch guter [Stork, stork good one], 1970
- Dan Tarchila: Der Kuss [The kiss], 1976
b) Prose:
- Der weisse Kranich [The white crane], fairytale, 1967
- Der Recke von der Linde [The warrior of the linden tree], fairytale, 1968
- Mihai Sadoveanu: Der letzte Magier [The last wizzard], novel, 1973
- Marin Preda: Der Ausgewiesene [The expelee], novel, 1974
- Mihai Sadoveanu: Erzählungen aus dem Krieg [Stories from the war], 1977
- Soltesz Jozsef: Hannibal der Schreckliche [Hannibal the terrible], childrens’ book, 1978
Source: Banater deutsche Autoren der Gegenwart 1980 von Edward Schneider, NBZ – Volkskalender 1980 Banat-German Authors of the Present – A bio-bibliographic list by Eduard Schneider. Bio information translated by Alex Leeb & Nick Tullius; contributed and published by Jody McKim 10 Nov 2009.
Last updated: 07/20/2025