Charlotte Keyser
Charlotte Keyser (born July 2, 1890 in Ruß , Heydekrug district , East Prussia ; † September 23, 1966 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ) was a German teacher and writer. Along with Hermann Sudermann , she is the most famous native poet of Prussian Lithuania .
Life
Charlotte Keyser was the third daughter of a businessman. She received her training at the Königsberg Art Academy . She became a teacher and taught at the Queen Luisen School in Tilsit for over 30 years . She found writing and wrote novels and poems in Low Prussian . After the publication of In silent Villages, Wilmont Haacke wrote a review in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung : “The name of this writer was previously unknown. The book ... deserves to be a great success. " In 1944 Charlotte Keyser was awarded the Johann Gottfried von Herder Prize in Memel . The flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe from 1945 to 1950 brought them to Oldenburg. She last lived with a nephew. Her two sisters died before her. She is buried in the Gertrudenfriedhof (Oldenburg) . She left a coloring book, a song book and a home book.
Works
- 1937: Bi ons to Hus , with an introduction by Walther Ziesemer
- 1939: In quiet villages
- 1940: And always new days. Novel by a family from Memelland between two centuries (1700–1900) . Reprint Munich 1950.
- 1948: Steps over the threshold . Reprint Heilbronn 1966.
- 1953: And then it got light
- 1962: It resonates from houses and courtyards at home
Honors
- Johann Gottfried von Herder Prize (1943/44), awarded in June 1944 in Memel for the works And Always New Days and In Silent Villages
- Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class (August 31, 1960)
- Golden City Medal of Oldenburg
- Culture Prize of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft
See also
literature
- Nekrolog 1936–1970 , in: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar , ed. v. Werner Schuder. De Gruyter Verlag, 1973, ISBN 3-11-004381-5 .
- Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte (2001), ISBN 3-11-017252-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte Keyser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Keyser, Charlotte (culture portal west-east).
- Home memories of Charlotte Keyser ( Memento from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- German song
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kreisgemeinschaft Heydekrug ( Memento from June 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Rudolf K. Becker. 100th birthday . In: The Ostpreußenblatt , June 30, 1990, episode 26
- ↑ Gerda Ostermayer-Kinnigkeit. In: 12. Tilsiter Rundbrief , p. 20
- ↑ Oldenburg City Archives, holdings 102 No. 278
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keyser, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Soot , Prussian Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1966 |
| Place of death | Oldenburg (Oldb) |