Dora von Stockert-Meynert

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Dora von Stockert-Meynert , née Theodora Meynert , (born May 5, 1870 in Vienna ; † February 24, 1947 there ) was an Austrian writer , poet and playwright .

Life

Dora von Stockert-Meynert was the daughter of Johanna Meynert (1837–1879), the co-founder and first president of the Vienna Housewives Association, and the psychiatrist and university professor Theodor Meynert . Her grandfather was the writer and critic Hermann Meynert .

In 1889 she married the government councilor Leopold von Stockert (1860–1938). She had four children, the daughters Emmi, Dorit and Margarethe and the son Franz Günther von Stockert , who worked as a psychiatrist.

In 1901 she published her first novel, Limits of Strength . She founded the association of artistic women's organizations "Panthea". She was a member of the "Concordia" association founded in 1859, an association of Austrian writers and journalists that was merged into the Concordia press club , and a member of the PEN writers' association

After the end of the First World War , she volunteered as President of the Association of Women and Artists.

In 1926 she was awarded the Ebner Eschenbach Prize. In 1930 she presented the memoirs Theodor Meynert und seine Zeit , which was considered one for the Austrian. Intellectual history significant work applies. For the drama Die Blinde she received the Lower Austrian Lands Author Award.

Works (selection)

  • Limits of strength . Novel. 1903
  • Sabine. Tragedy of a love . Novel. 1905
  • From the tree of knowledge and other short stories . 1908
  • And they went to their kingdom . Novel. 1912
  • Narratives . Publishing house of the Carnic-Julian War Newspaper, Villach, around 1916
  • The love of the future . 1920
  • Mr. Palejuk . Novel. Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1925
  • Euphorion . Novellas. Reclam, Leipzig 1926
  • The picture of Ilje . Novel. Reclam, Leipzig 1928
  • Theodor Meynert and his time. On the intellectual history of Austria in the second half of the 19th century . Memoirs. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1930
  • In front of the mirror . Novel. 1931
  • Fighters, heroes, gates . Novellas. 1932
  • Mirror images . Poems. Gerstel, Vienna 1937

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ANNO, Wiener Kurier, 1947-03-10, page 4. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stockert-Meynert, Dora von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meynert, Theodora (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1947
Place of death Vienna