Ada Halenza
Ada Halenza ( pseudonym ; married Magda Koch-Riehl ; born April 20, 1900 in Bremen ; † July 10, 1990 in Bremen) was a German writer who wrote in Missingsch in Bremen . Two women from Bremen ( Madda and Kede ) from Humboldtstrasse have their say.
biography
Halenza is the daughter of Friedrich (* 1871) and Berta Halenza. She grew up in Bremen in the Ostertorviertel . She graduated from the Janson private lyceum . Already here she was noticed by her interesting essays. She lived in Berlin in the 1920s and married the actor Rudolf Koch-Riehl , who was also director of the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm from 1944 . She wrote the comedy Little Boy , which was staged here.
After the Second World War , she moved back to Northern Germany and lived in the Kiautschou farmhouse on the Hamme . She wrote radio plays and film manuscripts. Her husband was employed as a director and actor at the Bremen Art Theater in Concordia in Schwachhauser Heerstraße . She became known for her stories about the two cleaning women Madda and Kede , which have been published in Weser-Kurier and Radio Bremen since 1947 .
In 1956, after the death of her husband, she and her sister-in-law Gunthild Koch lived in Bremen - Mitte , where they helped to look after a private kindergarten of their sister-in-law at 15 Kohlhökerstraße.
Works
- Jack of Hearts , Comedy, 1944.
- At that time ... in my time. A cheerful Bremen family story. Schünemann, Bremen 1983; ISBN 3-7961-1687-6 ; originally published as a serial in the Weser-Kurier in 1949 and as a book in 1950.
- Madda & Kede and other funny stories from Bremen. With drawings by Herbert Wellmann. Verlag Weser-Kurier, Bremen 1954 and Schünemann Verlag , Bremen 1977 and Schünemann, Bremen 1981; ISBN 3-7961-1692-2 .
- Belief in humanity is gone ... and other insights from Madda & Kede. Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 1980 and Schünemann, Bremen 1981; ISBN 3-7961-1722-8
- Stories in the WW from 1949 to 1950 such as u. a. Grandma Gerken, Niklas, Büschen wat from the old Hinnerk, everything because of her .
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Edith Laudowicz : Halenza, Ada (pseudonym), married. Koch-Riehl . In: Frauen Geschichte (n) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ada Halenza in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halenza, Ada |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koch-Riehm, Magda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author who wrote in the Bremen dialect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1990 |
| Place of death | Bremen |