Gertrud Stephani-Klein

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Gertrud Stephani-Klein (born March 13, 1914 as Gertrud Friederike Klein von Klingenthal in Marosvásárhely , Kingdom of Hungary ; † September 10, 1995 in Nussdorf am Inn , Bavaria ) was a German-language children's book author and publicist.

Life

After the early death of her father Friedrich Edgar Klein von Klingenthal, kk professional officer in Chernivtsi ( Bukowina , Empire Austria-Hungary ), she came to Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ), where she attended the German Evangelical Girls' College and later the German Business School. Then she worked as an editorial secretary for the “Transylvanian-German Tageblatt” in Sibiu (Hermannstadt).

In 1936 she moved to Brașov (Kronstadt), where she lived with her family until they were expelled to Germany . Between 1962 and 1969 she worked as a secretary at the Kronstadt Folk Art School (Școala Populară de Artă, director Margit Grid), where well-known artists and art educators such as Harald Meschendörfer , Adelheid Goosch and Helfried Weiß worked at the time. From 1969 she worked as an editorial secretary for the German-language weekly “Karpaten Rundschau” and then emigrated to Germany in 1973 with her husband.

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Gertrud Stephani-Klein first published short stories, poems, songs as well as numerous articles on cultural history and travel reports in various Romanian-German newspapers and magazines, and from 1973 also in Germany. In the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to poetry and prose, two children's books and cultural-historical articles were published in various German-language periodicals, first in the Volkszeitung (Kronstadt) and later in: Heilbronner Voice ( Heilbronn ), Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz ( Bonn ), Aufbau . Jewish weekly newspaper ( New York ), Oberbayerisches Volksblatt ( Rosenheim ), Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter ( Munich ) and others. a.

Some of her poems were set to music by the Romanian-German composers Norbert Petri and Karl Fisi and in various collections, such as “Songs of the Homeland. Transylvanian-Saxon choir book for mixed and equal voices ", edited by Norbert Petri and Viorel Ardeleanu, published by Haus für Volkskunstschaffen of the Braşov-Kronstadt district, 1969, as well as in the collection" German songs from the Banat , Transylvania and the Sathmarer Land ", edited by Andreas Porfetye by Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor, Bucharest , 1971.

Book publications

  • The circus is here! With illustrations by Clelia Ottone. Kriterion Publisher: Bucharest, 1970.
  • One, two, three, four kitties and other children's poems. With illustrations by Doina Micu. Youth publishing house: Bucharest, 1969.

Short prose and poetry in anthologies (selection)

  • Irma Bornemann (Ed.): All mothers of this world. Anthology of East German women authors of the present. Helmut Preußler Verlag, Nuremberg , 1978, pp. 257-263.
  • Kurt Rein and a. (Ed.): On my street. Anthology of East German women authors of the present. Helmut Preußler Verlag, Nuremberg, 1975, pp. 249-254.
  • Heinz Stănescu (Ed.): Short circuits. German humorous verses from Romania . Selection, preliminary remarks and appendix by Heinz Stănescu. Youth Publishing House, Bucharest, 1968.

Cultural-historical contributions (selection)

  • Quiet and wide - the beech country. The drive to the country on the Golden Bistritz is worthwhile. In: Heilbronner Voice (Heilbronn), No. 181, August 8, 1974, p. 7 ff.
  • Sunken German villages in Transylvania (I). In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), issue 24 / 3.1975, pp. 158–161.
  • Sunken German villages in Transylvania (II). In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), Heft 24/4, 1975, pp. 252-257.
  • Memories of "Manscha" and Manschapunar. In: Otto Klett (Ed.): Yearbook of the Dobrudschadeutschen 1976 (Heilbronn), pp. 146–148, 1 fig .; This is home, p. 62.
  • Sunken German villages in Transylvania (III). In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), Issue 26/1, 1977, pp. 1–7.
  • German settlements in the Carpathian Country. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), Issue 28/3, 1979, pp. 175–177.
  • Gergeschdorf in the Zekescher Land. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), Heft 29/4, 1980, pp. 287–288.
  • Ten German settler groups still live in Romania today. In: Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz (Bonn), No. 424, November 5, 1980, pp. 3–6.
  • Ten groups of settlers can still be identified today. Romania's German population. In: Structure. Deutsch-Judenische Zeitung (New York), 5/8, January 2, 1981, p. 15.
  • Beech country - wide country. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), Heft 30/2, 1981, pp. 115–117.
  • Marmatia - land "behind the seven mountains". In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 30/4, 1981, pp. 256-258.
  • Wedding in the Oascher Land. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 31/2, 1982, pp. 118–120.
  • Rumes , a village in Transylvania. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 31/3, 1982, pp. 227–229.
  • The German Schools in Sibiu and their May Festival. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 33/2, 1984, pp. 147–148.
  • Glassworks in Transylvania. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 34/3, 1985, pp. 203-205.
  • The cultural possessions and magazines of the German ethnic groups in Romania sixty years ago. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), 35/1, 1986, pp. 44–46.

Secondary literature (notes)

  • Anna Bretz: Book presentation. The circus is here. Verses by Gertrud Stephani . In: People and Culture . No. 22/6 . Bucharest 1970, p. 41 .
  • Gertrud Stephani-Klein: The story of the “Student of Rumes”, which Gertrud Stephani-Klein mentions in her memorial sheet about this Transylvanian village, keeps memories alive . In: Transylvanian newspaper . No. 16 . Munich October 15, 1982, p. 5 .
  • Gertrud Stephani-Klein: Wedding in the Oascher Land . Travel report from the north-western tip of Romania. In: Transylvanian newspaper . No. 9 . Munich June 15, 1982, p. 5 .
  • Johann Adam Stupp: Gertrud Stephani-Klein 70 years old . In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter . Volume 33, No. 2 . Munich 1984, p. 154 .
  • Gertrud Stephani-Klein: about the Hermannstadt pedagogue Minka Bruckner . In: Transylvanian newspaper . No. 14 . Munich September 15, 1986, p. 5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monitorul Oficial al României [The Official Gazette of Romania]. Anul I - No. 64. Luni. July 4, 1990, page 8. Publicații și Anunțuri (747), (748)
  2. ^ Johann Adam Stupp: Gertrud Stephani-Klein 70 years old . In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter . Volume 33, No. 2 . Munich 1984, p. 154 .
personal data
SURNAME Stephani-Klein, Gertrud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein von Klingenthal, Gertrud Friederike (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-speaking children's book author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Marosvásárhely , Kingdom of Hungary
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1995
Place of death Nussdorf am Inn , Germany