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Charlotte Wüstendörfer (born July 11, 1892 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † August 27, 1945 in Stralsund ) was a Königsberg writer.
Life
Charlotte Wüstendörfer was the only child of a photographer and painter . Because of an early eye problem, she took over typewriting work , which she found herself writing on. Newspapers, radio, travel and school visits made her known as "fairy tale aunt". As a local poet , she wrote mostly in Samland plateau . After fleeing from East Prussia , she died at the age of 53 in the refugee camp at Moorteich in Stralsund. Her best-known work is the Prussian story "Patulne and Turune". Walter Ziesemer and Wilhelm Gaerte helped her with studying the sources . Looking back, her ballad “The Guardian of Szillen” (1913) was foreboding. They anticipated war, doom and displacement. Martin Borrmann adored her and secured her estate .
Works
- Fairy tales with pictures by Margarete Wessel . Koenigsberg 1924
- Patulne and Turune. A story from old Prussian times . Koenigsberg 1930, GoogleBooks
- In the seventh heaven . Koenigsberg 1934
- Slide to wonderland . Koenigsberg 1934
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte Wüstendörfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charlotte Wüstendörfer , biography and estate in the portal rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Margarete Kudnig: The fairy tale fairy with the purest soul (Das Ostpreußenblatt, 1982) (PDF file; 11.95 MB)
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: without page title )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desert Villages, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg i. Pr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1945 |
| Place of death | Stralsund |