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'''Auguste Lechner''' (2 January 1905, [[Innsbruck]], Austria - 25 February 2000, Innsbruck, Austria) was an Austrian writer. Many of her works were aimed at an adolescent audience.


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'''Auguste Lechner''' (January 2, [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1905 1905], [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]] - February 25, [[2000]], [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]) was an Austrian writer famous for her books aimed at a teenage readership.


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Born Auguste Neuner, Lechner studied languages at the [[University of Innsbruck]]. In 1927, she married the managing director of the [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrolia]] publishing company, Hermann Lechner. Their son Hansjörg was born in 1930.
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===== Life =====


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During the 1930s, she published folk stories in various magazines, and after the [[Second World War]] she began to write books for teenage readers, concentrating predominantly on retelling classical and medieval legends and myths. Her extremely wide range of adaptations drew from Ancient [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Roman myths]] ([[Hercules]], the [[Iliad]], the [[Odyssey]], the [[Golden Fleece]] and the [[Aeneid]]) as well as ([[King Arthur]], [[Nibelungenlied|The Song of the Nibelungs]], [[The Song of Roland|Roland]] and [[Parzival]]).
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Born Auguste Neuner, she studied languages at the [[University_of_Innsbruck|University of Innsbruck]], and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1927 1927] she married the managing director of the [[Tyrol_(state)|Tyrolia]] publishing company, Hermann Lechner. Their son Hansjörg was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1930 1930].


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With estimated total sales of over a million, she was one of the most successful authors writing in German, and her books have been translated into Dutch, Bulgarian and Korean. Among the well-known artists who provided illustrations for her works were Hans Vonmetz, Maria Rehm, Josef Widmoser and Alfred Kunzenmann.
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During the [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=1930s 1930s] she published folk stories in various magazines, and after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=World_War_II Second World War] she began to write books for teenage readers, concentrating predominantly on retelling classical and medieval legends and myths. Her extremely wide range of adaptations drew from Ancient [[Greek_mythology|Greek]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Roman_mythology Roman myths] ([[Hercules]], the [[Iliad]], the [[Odyssey]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Golden_Fleece Golden Fleece] and the [[Aeneid]]) as well as [[:Category:Medieval_legends|medieval legends]] ([[King_Arthur|King Arthur]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Saga the Norse epic], [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nibelungenlied The Song of the Nibelungs], [[The_Song_of_Roland|Roland]] and [[Parzival]]).


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== Critical reception ==
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With estimated total sales of over a million she was one of the most successful authors writing in German, and her books have been translated into Dutch, Bulgarian and Korean. Among the well-known artists who provided illustrations for her works were Hans Vonmetz, Maria Rehm, Josef Widmoser and Alfred Kunzenmann.


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At the time Lechner was writing, she won considerable praise for her blend of entertainment and education, her mastery of language, her sensitivity to the historical material and the suspense which characterized her works.<ref name="Holzner_Geburtstag">Johann Holzner, "[http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=20090202:21:0::NO::P21_ID:65 Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). Zum 100. Geburtstag]". In: Lexikon der Literatur in Tirol und Südtirol, Forschungsinstitut Brenner-Archiv.</ref> There was admiration for her ability to make the myths and legends which form an important part of [[Western culture|Western civilization]] accessible to young readers.<ref name="Holzner_Geburtstag" />
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===== Critical Reception =====


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Some of the more recent criticism has claimed that she does not explore in sufficient depth the values, customs and perspectives of the period she describes, and that her main characters are stylized and simplified.<ref>[http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=20090202:2:0::NO::P2_ID,P2_TYP_ID:410 Auguste Lechner. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol. Maria Elisabeth Dorninger: Iwein. Der Ritter mit dem Löwen. Auguste Lechner versus Hartmann von Aue. In: Informationen zur Deutschdidaktik 24 (2000), S. 108–118]</ref> Defenders of her work have pointed out that such criticism is unfair in that the [[Mythology|myths]] and [[legend]]s that she draws upon could also be criticised in this way.
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At the time Lechner was writing she won considerable praise for her blend of entertainment and education, her mastery of language, her sensitivity to the historical material and the suspense which characterized her works.<ref>[http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=20090202:21:0::NO::P21_ID:65 Johann Holzner: Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). Zum 100. Geburtstag. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol]</ref> There was admiration for her ability to make the myths and legends which form an important part of [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Western_culture Western civilization] accessible to young readers.<ref>[http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=20090202:21:0::NO::P21_ID:65 Johann Holzner: Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). Zum 100. Geburtstag. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol]</ref>


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== Awards ==
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Some of the more recent criticism has claimed that she does not explore in sufficient depth the values, customs and perspectives of the period she describes, and that her main characters are stylized and simplified.<ref>[http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=20090202:2:0::NO::P2_ID,P2_TYP_ID:410 Auguste Lechner. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol. Maria Elisabeth Dorninger: Iwein. Der Ritter mit dem Löwen. Auguste Lechner versus Hartmann von Aue. In: Informationen zur Deutschdidaktik 24 (2000), S. 108–118]</ref> Defenders of her work have pointed out that such criticism is unfair in that the [[Mythology|myths]] and [[Legend|legends]] that she draws upon could also be criticised in this way.

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===== Awards =====


* 1956 Austrian State Prize for Young Literature
* 1956 Austrian State Prize for Young Literature
* 1978 Listed in the VII Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile, [[Trentino|Provincia di Trento]]
* 1978 Listed in the VII Premio Europeo di Letteratura Giovanile, [[Trentino|Provincia di Trento]]
* 1983 [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Order_of_Merit Order of Merit] of the [[Tyrol_(state)|State of Tyrol]]
* 1983 Order of Merit of the [[Tyrol (state)|State of Tyrol]]
* 1985 [[Honorary_title_(academic)|Honorary professorship]]
* 1985 [[Honorary title (academic)|Honorary professorship]]
* 2005 [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nibelungenlied The Song of the Nibelungs] named as one of the Top Ten Books for Young People on International Children’s Book Day
* 2005 [[The Song of the Nibelungs]] named as one of the Top Ten Books for Young People on International Children’s Book Day


===== Works (selected) =====
== Works (selected) ==


* The [https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nibelungenlied Song of the Nibelungs], Told for Our Times, 1951
* The Song of the Nibelungs, Told for Our Times, 1951
* The Adventures of [[Legends_about_Theoderic_the_Great|Dietrich von Bern]], 1953
* The Adventures of [[Legends about Theoderic the Great|Dietrich von Bern]], 1953
* The [[Dolomites|Dolomite]] Sagas, 1955
* The Dolomite Sagas, 1955
* The Adventure of [[Parzival|Parzifal]], 1956
* The Adventure of Parzifal, 1956
* The Brothers from the Cave – A Prehistoric Adventure, 1959
* The Brothers from the Cave – A Prehistoric Adventure, 1959
* The Tales of [[Odysseus]], 1961
* The Tales of Odysseus, 1961
* The Story of Wild [[Hagen_(legend)|Hagen]], Beautiful Hilde and [[Gudrun]], 1963
* The Story of Wild Hagen, Beautiful Hilde and Gudrun, 1963
* [[Aeneas]], Son of the Goddess, 1967
* Aeneas, Son of the Goddess, 1967
* The Adventures of [[Don_Quixote|Don Quixote]], 1970
* The Adventures of Don_Quixote, 1970
* The Saga of [[Roland]], 1972
* The Saga of Roland, 1972
* The [[Iliad]]: The Downfall of Troy, 1973
* The Iliad: The Downfall of Troy, 1973
* The Finest [[La_Fontaine's_Fables|Fables of La Fontaine]], 1976
* The Finest Fables of La Fontaine, 1976
* [[Hercules]]: his Adventures for Young People, 1977
* Hercules: his Adventures for Young People, 1977
* The Saga of the [[Golden_Fleece|Golden Fleece]], 1980
* The Saga of the Golden_Fleece, 1980
* The History of [[King_Arthur|King Arthur]], 1985
* The History of King Arthur, 1985
* [[Alexander_the_Great|Alexander the Great]], 1995
* Alexander the Great, 1995


===== See also =====
== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Lechner Life and work of Auguste Lechner]
* [http://english.traduki.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=580:lechner-auguste&catid=74:l&Itemid=134 Biography Auguste Lechner]
* [http://english.traduki.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=580:lechner-auguste&catid=74:l&Itemid=134 Biography Auguste Lechner]
* [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=%22Auguste+Lechner%22&cqlMode=true&sortOrderIndex=jhr_desc Works of Auguste Lechner at the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig]
* [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=%22Auguste+Lechner%22&cqlMode=true&sortOrderIndex=jhr_desc Works of Auguste Lechner at the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig]
* [http://orawww.uibk.ac.at/apex/uprod/f?p=TLL:2:0::::P2_ID:410 Work and life of August Lechner, University of Innsbruck]

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===== References =====
[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:Austrian women writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Innsbruck]]
[[Category:University of Innsbruck alumni]]
[[Category:Folklore writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Austrian women writers]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 9 July 2023

Auguste Lechner (2 January 1905, Innsbruck, Austria - 25 February 2000, Innsbruck, Austria) was an Austrian writer. Many of her works were aimed at an adolescent audience.

Life[edit]

Born Auguste Neuner, Lechner studied languages at the University of Innsbruck. In 1927, she married the managing director of the Tyrolia publishing company, Hermann Lechner. Their son Hansjörg was born in 1930.

During the 1930s, she published folk stories in various magazines, and after the Second World War she began to write books for teenage readers, concentrating predominantly on retelling classical and medieval legends and myths. Her extremely wide range of adaptations drew from Ancient Greek and Roman myths (Hercules, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Golden Fleece and the Aeneid) as well as (King Arthur, The Song of the Nibelungs, Roland and Parzival).

With estimated total sales of over a million, she was one of the most successful authors writing in German, and her books have been translated into Dutch, Bulgarian and Korean. Among the well-known artists who provided illustrations for her works were Hans Vonmetz, Maria Rehm, Josef Widmoser and Alfred Kunzenmann.

Critical reception[edit]

At the time Lechner was writing, she won considerable praise for her blend of entertainment and education, her mastery of language, her sensitivity to the historical material and the suspense which characterized her works.[1] There was admiration for her ability to make the myths and legends which form an important part of Western civilization accessible to young readers.[1]

Some of the more recent criticism has claimed that she does not explore in sufficient depth the values, customs and perspectives of the period she describes, and that her main characters are stylized and simplified.[2] Defenders of her work have pointed out that such criticism is unfair in that the myths and legends that she draws upon could also be criticised in this way.

Awards[edit]

Works (selected)[edit]

  • The Song of the Nibelungs, Told for Our Times, 1951
  • The Adventures of Dietrich von Bern, 1953
  • The Dolomite Sagas, 1955
  • The Adventure of Parzifal, 1956
  • The Brothers from the Cave – A Prehistoric Adventure, 1959
  • The Tales of Odysseus, 1961
  • The Story of Wild Hagen, Beautiful Hilde and Gudrun, 1963
  • Aeneas, Son of the Goddess, 1967
  • The Adventures of Don_Quixote, 1970
  • The Saga of Roland, 1972
  • The Iliad: The Downfall of Troy, 1973
  • The Finest Fables of La Fontaine, 1976
  • Hercules: his Adventures for Young People, 1977
  • The Saga of the Golden_Fleece, 1980
  • The History of King Arthur, 1985
  • Alexander the Great, 1995

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Johann Holzner, "Auguste Lechner (1905–2000). Zum 100. Geburtstag". In: Lexikon der Literatur in Tirol und Südtirol, Forschungsinstitut Brenner-Archiv.
  2. ^ Auguste Lechner. In: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol. Maria Elisabeth Dorninger: Iwein. Der Ritter mit dem Löwen. Auguste Lechner versus Hartmann von Aue. In: Informationen zur Deutschdidaktik 24 (2000), S. 108–118

External links[edit]

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