Auguste Lechner

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Auguste Lechner (born January 2, 1905 in Innsbruck ; † February 25, 2000 there ) was an Austrian writer who became known for her youth books .

Life

Auguste born Neuner was born in Innsbruck as the second of four children. She passed her matriculation examination in Innsbruck in 1922 . She then studied languages ​​at the University of Innsbruck . In 1927 she married the Germanist Hermann Lechner, publishing director at Tyrolia Verlag ; In 1930 she gave birth to their only son. In the 1930s she published folk tales in magazines. Her first work appeared in print in 1936: In Laurin's Magic Realm. The old legend is told after the minstrels' fairy tale of the Middle Ages . It appeared in the series Die Jungadlerhefte of the Tyrolia Verlag, which was published by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jung-Österreich.

She lived from 1930 to 1969 in Mutters near Innsbruck and then in Innsbruck. After the Second World War , she began writing youth literature, mainly preparing sagas and myths from antiquity and the Middle Ages for a younger audience. Her oeuvre ranged from adaptations of Greek subjects about Hercules , the Iliad , the Odyssey and the legend of the Golden Fleece and the Roman Aeneid to the legends about King Arthur , Roland , the Nibelungs , Dietrich von Bern and Parzival . Lechner has often shortened and reinterpreted her works in order to adapt them to the understanding and comprehension of children.

With an estimated total circulation of over a million copies, she is one of the most successful German-speaking authors. Her works have been translated into Dutch, Bulgarian and Korean. The illustrations in their books come from, among others, Hans Vonmetz , Maria Rehm, Josef Widmoser and Alfred Kunzenmann.

She died in Innsbruck on February 25, 2000 and was buried in the family grave of the Wilten Basilica cemetery.

reception

Contemporary critics praised Lechner's balanced pairing of “entertainment and knowledge”, her “chosen language”, her empathy for historical material and an exciting narrative style. On the publication of The Adventures of Odysseus , the magazine Erbildung und Studium wrote : "Just like the previous works by Auguste Lechner, this one is again a particularly valuable contribution by the author to the good literature of our time."

More recent research is critical of her work. The lexicon of literature in Tyrol says: “The narration itself, the perspective from which the narration is told and the narration is evaluated, is never discussed (...); the values, the behavioral patterns conveyed in these stories are solidified as if they were immovable to the end of the world. ”Her“ simplistic black and white painting ”portrays blond, bright, strong and beautiful people as good, while the dark ones badly and be angry. History is only conveyed to a limited extent through her books: “The place and time of the event remain in the dark, as do frequently used terms from the courtly world (love, custom, honor), which are hardly explained in their historical meaning.” Unlike the original Wolframs von Eschenbach denigrates Lechner in her youthful novel Parzival the figure of Queen Belakane and transports "religious and racist resentment into the children's or classroom".

Lechner's retelling of the Nibelungenlied was criticized for the portrayal of the Huns, who "are portrayed as an inferior people, indeed an inferior race."

The history didactic Monika Rox-Helmer judged her youth novel Alexander the Great : “The depiction is at times reminiscent of a heroic legend. ... The main interest of the author is Alexander's character. ... He is often stylized as a great philanthropist. Unfortunately, the time and the circumstances of the time remain rather blind. "

Awards and honors

Works

  • In Laurin's magic realm. The old legend told after the minstrel story of the Middle Ages , 1936
  • The Nibelungen. Told for our time , 1951
  • Mr. Dietrich rides. The adventures of Dietrich von Bern , 1953
  • The royal tomb in the yellow rock. Wolfdietrich's adventures , 1954
  • The dark messenger from Montabur. The Ortnits Adventure , 1954
  • Dolomite legends , 1955
  • The light on Monsalvat. The Adventures of Parzifal , 1956
  • Only a hundred kilometers. A Summer's Adventures , 1957
  • The brothers from the cave and the girl Idis. Adventures from prehistoric times , 1959
  • The Adventures of Odysseus , 1961
  • The stolen princess. The story of the wild Hagen, the beautiful Hilde and Gudrun , 1963
  • Dolomite legends. New episode , 1964
  • Beyond the golden mist. Duke Ernst's strange adventures in the Orient , 1965
  • The son of the goddess. The Adventures of Aeneas , 1967
  • The rider on the black stallion. The story of the Heymon sons, the magician Malagis and the stallion Bayard , 1969
  • Don Quixote's Adventure , 1970
  • The Rolandssage , 1972
  • Iliad. The Fall of Troy , 1973
  • La Fontaine's Most Beautiful Fables , 1976
  • Hercules. His adventures for young people told , 1977
  • The legend of the Golden Fleece. Jason and Medea and the Adventures of the Argonauts , 1980
  • King Arthur. The story of King Arthur, his mysterious advisor Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table , 1985
  • Iwein. The story of the knight Iwein and Queen Laudine, of Mrs. Lunete and the lion , 1988
  • Alexander the Great. He set out to conquer the world in 1995

literature

  • Auguste Lechner. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol , online, accessed on February 27, 2013 (with bibliography and secondary literature).
  • Johann Holzner: Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). For the 100th birthday. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol, online, accessed on February 27, 2013.
  • Iris Mende: "It seems to me that the story has not really been passed on among people." The reception of the Nibelungen in children's and youth literature. In: Mitteilungen des deutschen Germanistenverband 55 (2008), pp. 414–430.
  • Maria Elisabeth Dorninger: Iwein. The knight with the lion. Auguste Lechner versus Hartmann von Aue. In: Informations zur Deutschdidaktik 24 (2000), pp. 108–118.
  • Auguste Lechner. In: Tyrol. Creative land. Technology, science, economy, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, since 1918 , ed. v. Werner Auer, Kurt Gamper. Innsbruck: Steiger 1984. pp. 383-385. ISBN 3-85423-025-7 .
  • Renate Mumelter: The Nibelungenlied edited for the youth. Innsbruck: Univ. Diss. 1983.
  • Siegrid Schmidt: The Nibelungs in youth and entertainment literature between 1945 and 1980. Editing tendencies, shown using selected examples. In: Peter Wapnewski (Ed.): Medieval Reception. A symposium. Stuttgart: Metzler 1986. pp. 327-345.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lena van Beek, Racism and Religion. The figure Belakane with Wolfram von Eschenbach and Auguste Lechner. In: Die Mediaevistinnen , May 23, 2012, online , accessed on August 15, 2019
  2. ^ Johann Holzner: Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). For the 100th birthday. In: Lexicon Literature in Tyrol; online, accessed February 27, 2013
  3. ↑ Education and Teaching 113 (1963), p. 62
  4. ^ Johann Holzner: Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). For the 100th birthday. In: Lexicon Literature in Tyrol; online, accessed February 27, 2013
  5. ↑ Auguste Lechner. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol , online, accessed on February 27, 2013. Maria Elisabeth Dorninger: Iwein. The knight with the lion. Auguste Lechner versus Hartmann von Aue . In: Informations zur Deutschdidaktik 24 (2000), pp. 108–118
  6. ↑ Lena van Beek: Racism and Religion. The figure Belakane with Wolfram von Eschenbach and Auguste Lechner. In: Blog Die Mediaevistinnen, online , accessed on February 27, 2013
  7. ↑ Miedema, Nine R .: Introduction to the "Nibelungenlied" . WBG, Darmstadt 2011, p. 128 .
  8. ↑ Learning History 109 (2005) p. 58.

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personal data
SURNAME Lechner, Auguste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neuner, Auguste (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and author of books for young people
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2000
Place of death innsbruck