Tamara Ehlert, aka Tamara Traumann (28 December 1921 – 8 September 2008) was a German writer and lyricist. She was born in Königsberg, and trained in theatre and dance. During the Second World War she worked as a telephone and radio operator. She worked as an interpreter for the British occupation government after the war. From 1951 onwards, she was employed by the Bayerischer Rundfunk. Her first publication was in the Königsberger Tageblatt in 1938, and after 1945 her poems and short stories were regularly in print. She died in Munich, aged 86. Awards Award of Brentano book publishing department, Stuttgart (1954) Nicolaus Copernicus Award (1970) Andreas Gryphius Award (1976) Bibliography Die Dünenhexe (1950) Shortstories Spröder Wind von Ost (1971) Poetry Kleiner alter Mann geht durch den Wind (1976) Poetry Das silberne Fräulein (1976) Tales and Poems So war der Frühling in meiner Stadt" (1993) Poems and Prose 1921 births 2008 deaths 20th-century German poets German lyricists Writers from Königsberg German women poets 20th-century German women writers