Emma Gündel

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Emma Gündel (born April 29, 1889 in Hamburg , † February 16, 1968 in Reinbek ), married Gündel-Knacke, was a German children's book author.

Live and act

Emma Gündel trained as a teacher in Hamburg and worked as such until around 1932. She then worked as a freelance children's and youth literature writer. Gündel had her first major success with the girl's book Three Girls and a Bet. A cheerful story for young girls that appeared in 1937 and had a print run of 15,000. She became famous for her Elke volumes. The volumes of the Elke series were distributed in 1,600,000 copies from 1937 to 1967. They appear in a new version since 1968. Gündel's books were published until 1945 by Hanns-Jörg Fischer-Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna, at times by Anton Verlag, Leipzig, and after 1945 by Boje-Verlag, Stuttgart. Translations have been published in Dutch, Danish and Swedish.

Classification of the work

Gündel continued with the Elke series

"Continued the tradition of the 'sentimental' young girl's book" and "perfected, alongside Magda Trott , Else Ury , Martha Schlinkert , Hans Erich Seuberlich etc., the principle of the 'series' well into the 20th century."

The psychological effect of the girl's book girl Elke on the then young reader (around 10 to 12 years old) is, among other things. a. in that the series is aimed at the reading female audience

“Offers a complete alternative to their prepubescent insecurity and confirms the socially mediated role expectations. The 'stenciled lead figure' Elkes allows easy identification and compensation of one's own difficulties, at the same time enjoyment of selflessness and the happiness that results from it.

Beyond all typical role expectations of the time, Gündel's books also contain students and working women (e.g. Elke's sister Antje) or single fathers (In Ein kleine Wort das Wunder tat , 1939). In her dog story Momme und Mucki, die Freunde (1949) she even tries a kind of "coming to terms with the past": the two dogs love each other despite different breeds and the adult main character, a teacher, is arrested for comments critical of the regime and can no longer teach.

Works

Elke series

  • Volume 1: Elke the rascal (1937)
  • Volume 2: Elke's Summer in the Sonnenhof (1937)
  • Volume 3: Elke in the Sea Wind (1937)
  • Volume 4: Elke learns to mountaineering (1937)
  • Volume 5: Elke and her garden (1937)
  • Volume 6: Good time for Elke (1938) (before: Elke's great luck)
  • Volume 7: Elke's New Life (1938)
  • Volume 8: Elke's friend Katje (around 1948)
  • Volume 9: The Child Mulle (1951) [later: Elke's daughter Mulle]
  • Volume 10: The blessed valley (1953) [later: Farewell, Elke!]
  • Anthology: Schöne Zeit für Elke (1968); contains: garden / good time / Katje / Mulle / goodbye
  • Anthology: Elke on the move (1968); contains: Sonnenhof / Seewind / mountaineering

Other

  • The Bewitched Backpack (1922)
  • Mother, your good hands (around 1930?)
  • Sepperl, the squirrel and other stories from children and animals (1937)
  • Three girls and a bet. A Joyful Tale for Young Girls (1937)
  • A little word that worked wonders. The Story of a Gratitude (1939)
  • The Singing Heart (around 1940)
  • Sebastian Disagrees - A Fun Story (1940)
  • Three stars in the sky. A reunion with Elke (1944)
  • Momme and Mucki, the Friends: A Dog Story (1949)
  • Small house in Hemmelwarde. A story about a beautiful garden (1950)
  • The thing with Tobi (1952)
  • Good horse Lisa (1954)
  • Elisabeth and her swallows (1956)
  • Rita and her animals (?)

literature

  • Malte Dahrendorf: The girl's book and its reader, Hamburg 1973
  • md: Gündel, Emma, ​​in: Klaus Doderer (Ed.): Lexicon of children's and youth literature. First volume: A – H, Weinheim / Basel 1977
  • Aiga Klotz: Children's and youth literature in Germany 1840-1950, complete list of publications in German, series: Repertories on German literary history . Volume 12. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-00701-4
  • Elsa Nicolai: Life and Work of Emma Gündels. An analysis of their girls' books, Munich 2002 (unpublished diploma thesis)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dahrendorf 1973, p. 14
  2. ↑ md 1977, p. 506
  3. ↑ Nicolai 2002, p. 5
  4. ↑ md 1977, p. 507
  5. ↑ Used book ad on amazon.de, view on April 4th, 2015  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.amazon.de  
  6. ^ Website of an antiquarian bookshop
personal data
SURNAME Gündel, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gündel-Knacke, Emma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1968
Place of death Reinbek