Felicitas Rose

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Felicatias Rose

Felicitas Rose Moersberger (stage name Felicitas Rose), born as Rose Felicitas Schliewen, (born July 31, 1862 in Arnsberg ; † June 18, 1938 in Berlin ), buried in Müden (Örtze) , was a German writer .

Life

House Ginsterbusch by Felicitas Rose in Müden (Örtze)
Grave site in Müden (Örtze)

Felicitas Rose spent her life in different places, especially in northern and central Germany. She lived temporarily u. a. in Altona , Minden , Potsdam , Gumbinnen , Erfurt , Leipzig , Berlin , Oldenburg , Kiel , Kassel and Bremen . Her father was a senior postmaster. Her husband Ernst Moersberger (married in 1884) was also an Imperial Secret Chief Post Councilor and was often transferred to work. In the years from 1914 to 1930 they lived almost exclusively in Berlin.

In 1929 Felicitas Rose bought a house in Müden (Örtze), which she named after her novel Der hillige Ginsterbusch "Haus Ginsterbusch". In 1930 Müden became her main residence. She also rented a suite in the Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin. Almost all of her works were published by the Berlin publishing house Bong & Co.

The writer found her final resting place in the now abandoned old cemetery in Müden, next to her husband, who died in 1931. The double grave is still preserved.

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The first bound work was published in 1900 by the Maske (Oppeln) publishing house, a volume with stories under the title Kerlchen . This figure is also the focus of the ten-volume series of novels Provincial Girls (1902–1904). In addition to the debut, two volumes of stories were published: Pictures from the four walls (1911) and And something for me (1925). The story Das Herz in der Birke was published as a special print in 1925 . In 1924 a volume of poetry was published under the title Red-brown Heidekraut .

One of the main works is the novel Pedagogical Letters of a Mother (1911), which was also published under the title Plauderbriefe einer Mutter . Her most successful novel with a total print run of 500,000 copies up to 1938 was the Heideschulmeister Uwe Karsten , published in 1909 and filmed in 1933 and 1954.

Felicitas Rose writes about herself:

“ I don't know of a day in the life of my parents because my father wouldn't have got up at six o'clock, but my mother would have got up at four. […] This delicious habit remained mine too. My books were all written very early in the morning, and even now in old age I like to breathe the air in my heather that no one has breathed before me. "

Shortly before Felicitas Rose's death, a special edition was printed comprising 16 works in eight double volumes.

Other novels:

  • The Eiks of Oaks (1910)
  • Drones (1912)
  • Pastor Verden (1912)
  • Sea King's House (1917)
  • The Lyceum in Birkholz (1917)
  • The mother yard (1918)
  • The Rasmussen's table (1920)
  • The gray everyday life and its light (1922)
  • Erlenkamp heirs (1924)
  • The Forge (1926)
  • The Hillige Gorse Bush (1928)
  • The Wengelohs (1929)
  • The house with the green shutters (1930)
  • The from Sunderhof (1932)
  • Vienna Sleef, the servant (1933)
  • The Young Eulenrieds (1937)

literature

  • Christian Adam: Reading under Hitler: authors, bestsellers, readers in the Third Reich. Galliani, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86971-027-3 , pp. 290ff

Web links

Commons : Felicitas Rose  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ after Reinhard Wittmann: History of the book trade at a glance . 2nd Edition. Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-42104-0 , p. 378.
personal data
SURNAME Rose, Felicitas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schliewen, Rosa Caroline Mathilde Emma (real name); Moersberger, Rosa Caroline Mathilde Emma (name after marriage in 1884)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1938
Place of death Tired (Örtze)