Gertraud Enderlein

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Gertraud Enderlein (born January 30, 1887 in Dresden ; † July 22, 1962 there ) was a German writer and journalist .

Life

Enderlein was born in Dresden and grew up in Dresden Neustadt. She wrote her first articles at the age of seven and worked on books for young people before the First World War . During the war years she was the editor-in-chief of the local section of a local Dresden magazine and later worked for 25 years as local editor of the Dresdner Neuesten Nachrichten . During this time she wrote around 20,000 articles, primarily on cultural-historical topics. She also wrote articles for the Union , a regional daily newspaper in the GDR .

In addition to her journalistic work, Enderlein wrote poetry and published her first novel, Eine Frau aus Siebenlehn , at the age of 50 . The story of a great love that dealt with Amalie Dietrich's life and was published in a new edition in 1955. In her second historical novel Das ist Merian's Daughter! Enderlein dealt with the painter Maria Sibylla Merian .

Enderlein was actively involved in the Saxon Heritage Protection Association . Her non-fiction book Dresden Gardens and Parks was published by the association's publishing house in 1932 . A book about the beauty of well-kept nature .

Works

  • 1925: City newspaper
  • 1931: Saxon tin mines
  • 1932: Dresden's gardens and parks. A book about the beauty of well-kept nature
  • 1937: A woman from Siebenlehn. The story of a great love
  • 1955: The woman from Siebenlehn - from Amalie Dietrich's life and work (modified new edition of the novel published in 1937) - historical novel
  • 1957: This is Merian's daughter! - historical novel

literature

  • Enderlein, Gertraud . In: Norbert Weiss, Jens Wonneberger: Poets, thinkers, literati from six centuries in Dresden . Die Scheune, Dresden 1997, ISBN 3-931684-10-5 , p. 46.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Una Giesecke: Dresden's gardens and historical events were Gertraud Enderlein's subjects . In: DNN , March 27, 2000, p. 16.
personal data
SURNAME Enderlein, Gertraud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1962
Place of death Dresden