Gertrud Theiner-Haffner
Gertrud Theiner-Haffner (pseudonym Gabriel d'Esquilino ; born October 9, 1912 in Hall in Tirol as Gertrud Haffner ; † May 7, 1989 ibid) was an Austrian writer .
Life
Gertrud Haffner was born as the eighth child of the semitologist August Haffner and his wife Lydia, geb. Hepperger, born in Hall in 1912. She initially received private tuition and attended the Sacré Coeur Riedenburg in Bregenz from 1920 to 1925 and the municipal girls' secondary school in Innsbruck from 1925 to 1932 . After graduation, she studied history and music history at the University of Innsbruck and in 1937 with a thesis on the position of P. Wilhelm Lamormaini to the religious and political issues of his time to the Dr. phil. PhD.
Until 1938 she was secretary of the Tyrolean Girls' Association, from 1939 to 1942 she worked in the chancellery of the Apostolic Administration Innsbruck-Feldkirch as the leader of the female youth of the diocese. She turned against the propaganda and the training courses of the Hitler Youth and the Association of German Girls , which is why she was persecuted by the Gestapo and imprisoned from late October to mid-November 1940. She was friends with the Hall resistance fighter Walter Krajnc , who was executed in France in 1944. For health reasons she had to give up her job in 1942. Until 1944 she studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck without a degree. At the end of 1944 she married the medical officer Gebhard Theiner, who died in 1946 in the Sambor prisoner of war camp.
After the war she worked as an editor for the publishing houses Tyrolia and Felizian Rauch in Innsbruck. From around 1964 she worked as a freelance writer. On the mediation of Felix Braun , she received monthly support from the Ministry of Education from 1964. Under the pseudonym Gabriel d'Esquilino (presumably an allusion to the Archangel Gabriel and the Esquiline ), Gertrud Theiner-Haffner, a profound knowledge of the Bible, published works on religious subjects. She had chosen the male pseudonym at the request of her publisher because, in his opinion, nobody would believe "that a woman understands something about theology". She published poems in magazines and anthologies. Several manuscripts and hymn cycles were never published. Theiner-Haffner was a member of the Tower Association , where she held readings several times.
Awards
- Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for artistic creation , dramatic poetry, 1953
- Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for artistic creation, 2nd prize for poetry, 1955
Works
- Seven thorns. A picture of Maria Waldhart's life. Tyrolean Girls Association, Innsbruck 1936
- Passio Mystica Domini Nostri Jesus Christ. A dramatic poetry. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1954
- You are close to us. A book from the poor souls. Rauch, Innsbruck 1958
- Was it all for nothing? Words in time. Rauch, Innsbruck 1959
- For a girl's soul. Narrative. Rauch, Innsbruck 1959
- Passio Mystica. Play, first performed in 1961
- The golden voice. Unpublished manuscript
literature
- Katja Brunn, Sonja Gerstenbräun, Judith Maria Haaser et al .: Gertrud Theiner-Haffner , in: Lexikon Literatur in Tirol , Research Institute Brenner Archive, University of Innsbruck
Web links
- Literature by and about Gertrud Theiner-Haffner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Estate of Gertrud Theiner-Haffner , Brenner Archive Research Institute
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theiner-Haffner, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haffner, Gertrud (maiden name); d'Esquilino, Gabriel (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall in Tirol |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1989 |
| Place of death | Hall in Tirol |