Anneliese Umlauf-Lamatsch

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Anneliese Umlauf-Lamatsch (born March 6, 1895 at Hermsdorf Castle ; † March 18, 1962 in Vienna ; born Anna-Louise Lamatsch Edle von Waffenstein) was an Austrian writer .

Career

Umlauf-Lamatsch worked as a teacher and author. The focus of her literary work is on 40 books, some of which have been published several times. One of the best-known titles is the children's book The Snowmen , published in 1930 .

The younger specialist reception takes a critical look at Umlauf-Lamatsch's works as the ideological bearers of National Socialism during the war years.

Umlauf-Lamatsch was awarded the professional title of professor in 1958 as the first young woman writer in Europe . She died on March 18, 1962 in St. Josef Hospital in Vienna-Hietzing . Her grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 46A, Row 15, No. 20).

Umlauf-Lamatsch was the mother of actress, ballet dancer, writer, director and producer Ellen Umlauf .

Works (selection)

  • My first story book. Stories, fairy tales and poems. (1927)
  • Rock Paper Scissors. The Hutzel men. (1927)
  • The Snowmen (1930)
  • In the home of flowers (1932)
  • The nine cones (1932)
  • Little Peter in Cat City (1933)
  • The stone dwarves and their black city (1935)
  • Gucki, the squirrel and his forest (1937)
  • Hannerl in the mushroom town (1941)
  • Pampf the Colorado beetle (1943)
  • Nixi's experiences in the forest lake (1946)
  • "The Green Castle" (1950)
  • The Puppelina (1951)
  • Puppelina's Experiences and Adventures (1953)
  • The three rabbit children (1954)
  • Mixtebix the herb doctor (1956)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pia Marrara: Of brownies, cowboys and brave soldiers. The diversity of Austrian children's and youth literature from 1938 to 1945. Diploma thesis. University of Vienna, Vienna 2008. - Full text online (PDF) .
  2. ↑ The death of a lovable storyteller . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 24, 1962, p. 4 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

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personal data
SURNAME Umlauf-Lamatsch, Anneliese
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lamatsch Edle von Waffenstein, Anna-Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermsdorf Castle
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1962
Place of death Vienna