Carolina Brauckmann
German historian and liedermacher
Carolina Brauckmann (born 26 June 1954) is a German singer-songwriter and historian. Since the early 1980s, she has produced over a hundred titles and is considered Germany's best-known lesbian singer-songwriter or "Grande Dame des lesbischen Chansons".
Career
Brauckmann grew up as the youngest of six children in Lüdenscheid. After graduating from high school, she studied German studies in Freiburg im Breisgau German Studies, History and English Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University. During this time, she was a member of the editorial team of the Freiburg women's newspaper for six years, and was involved in the women's rights scene. Together with Sully Roecken, she conducted research at the Stadtarchiv Freiburg, the two academics published the work Margaretha Jedefrau in 1989, which deals with women's history and attracted national attention. She then worked for seven years at the Feminist Archive in Cologne and was, among other things, co-owner of an internet agency. Co-owner of an internet agency.
In 1982, she released her first album Satirische Lesbengesänge (Satirical Lesbian Songs) about the lives of lesbian women and made her stage debut as a singer in 1983. In retrospect, the combination of lesbian life and humour is highlighted as a special feature of her style.
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