Clara Hohrath

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Clara Rommel-Hohrath (born December 17, 1873 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ), † January 10, 1962 in Murrhardt ) was a German writer .

Life

The writer Clara Hohrath has largely been forgotten. Clara Rommel, who kept her maiden name Hohrath as her artist name, was born on December 17, 1873 in Barmen, which was an independent town until 1929 (now part of Wuppertal ). After she got married, the author, whose sister Ottilie was also a writer, lived in Obertürkheim near Stuttgart from 1910 and became known as a children's and young adult book author, especially through her books for girls. Her youth book “Hannelore discovers the big city” was recently rediscovered. It depicts the dawn of modern times as a letter novel and describes Stuttgart from the perspective of an adolescent.

Her daughter was the writer Alberta Rommel (1912-2001).

Works (selection)

  • Fintje. A story from the old Brussels Fried. Wilh. Grunow, Leipzig 1905
  • Dan and Lizzie. A novel from the Norman Isles , Fried. Wilh. Grunow, Leipzig 1906
  • In Wupperthal. Barmer stories from the fifteenth century Fried. Wilh. Grunow, Leipzig 1907
  • The song of the sea , Roman, Fried. Wilh. Grunow, Leipzig 1909
  • Under the spell of Rome , Cottasche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Berlin 1913
  • ... especially in Stuttgart , first edition of “Hannelore Experiences the Big City”, still without the text illustrations by Alfred Hugendubel, K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart 1931
  • Hannelore experiences the big city. An enjoyable story of today's Swabians with many pictures by Alfred Hugendubel , K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart 1932; 2nd edition (binding rate) with a new cover illustration ( Ruth ), K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart (1935)

literature

  • Heinrich Spiero: History of German women's poetry since 1800 , BG Teubner, 1913, p. 109 f.
  • Birte Tost: Modernism and Modernization in Children's and Youth Literature in the Weimar Republic , P. Lang, Frankfurt, 2006, p. 64 ff.
  • Jörg Stürzebecher: Weißenhof history in design report, issue 3/2007, pp. 58–61
  • Elisabeth Bunge: Clara Hohrath's "Hannelore Experiences the Big City - An Excellent Story from Today's Swabians" as an adolescent novel of the New Objectivity , Munich, Grin-Verlag, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Hohrath, Clara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rommel-Hohrath, Clara (full name); Rommel, Klara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1962
Place of death Murrhardt