Elsa Faber from Bockelmann

Elsa Faber in 1948

Elsa Faber (born February 4, 1890 in Danzig as Elsa von Bockelmann , † November 4, 1980 in Göttingen ), stage name Elsa Faber von Bockelmann , was a German writer and fairytale poet.

Life

Elsa von Bockelmann first became a nurse during World War I and came up with the idea of telling the wounded her own fairy tales , which she later published in books and on records.

Already after the First World War she moved through East Prussia and earned her living as a storyteller and became known in West and East Prussia as the Danzig fairy tale woman.

Elsa Faber was married to Walther Faber (director of the Danziger Real-Gymnasium St. Johann and brother of Kurt Faber ) and had three daughters (Liselotte, Brigitte and Ruth).

At the end of the Second World War , she and her family fled to Helmstedt in Lower Saxony . She was awarded the Danzig Culture Prize.

Works

Far from everyday life. From the hiking diary of a fairy tale woman , Erich Matthes Leipzig publisher 1925
Märchen , Verlag Erich Matthes Leipzig 1921 and 1922
12 fairy tales for children , published by E. Matthes Leipzig 1928
Danziger Märchen , Danziger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH P.Rosenberg 1940. (Tale of the giant Tullatsch, Danziger Goldwasser)
Gdansk-Vineta . Descriptions of her memories of the final battles for Danzig 1944–45 and the flight to Helmstedt, published in 1946
The fairy tale of the giant Tullatsch (on record)

literature

Vilma Mönckeberg: The fairy tale and our world, experiences and insights. Verlag Diederichs 1972

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personal data
SURNAME	Faber von Bockelmann, Elsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bockelmann, Elsa Faber from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	November 4th 1980
Place of death	Goettingen