Helene Christaller
Helene Christaller (born Heyer ; born January 31, 1872 in Darmstadt ; † May 24, 1953 in Jugenheim / Bergstrasse ) was one of the most famous Protestant writers of her time.
Life
Helene Christaller was born in Darmstadt in 1872 as the daughter of a lawyer. Her mother Elisabeth is the daughter of the Hessian court library director Philipp Walther. She attended the secondary school for girls in Darmstadt, and the confirmation classes shaped her. In 1890, at the age of 18, she married the pastor and writer Erdmann Gottreich Christaller . She lived with him for several years in the Black Forest in Berneck , where she gave birth to daughter Else in 1891 and son Walter Christaller in 1893 . From 1894 the family lived in Ottenhausen near Pforzheim . There the daughters Gertrud (1894) and Erika (1896) were born. Her husband was suspended because of his satire Prostitution of the Spirit , published in 1901, and took early retirement because of his increasing hearing loss. At that time, Helene Christaller was the head of school church services and she began to write professionally, in which she wrote stories and short stories for children from personal experiences in order to support the family, which soon moved to Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse. Her novel Gottfried Erdmann und seine Frau , published in 1907, was very successful and had numerous editions. Magda, Story of a Soul 1905 , is also well known . Many novels have been translated into other languages. Most of them play in parsonages or have a village theme. In 1917 she divorced her husband and moved to Darmstadt. During the First World War , Helene Christaller lost her brother, and her son returned from the war mentally damaged.
In addition to her novels, short stories and biographical stories, she also wrote many articles for Friedrich Naumann's magazine Die Hilfe , on the family paper Daheim , the German Girls' Book and Westermanns monthly magazine . In 1917 she was awarded the Rhenish Poet Prize. During the time of National Socialism , which she was critical of, her book Adam goes on a journey was banned in Germany as "destroying military strength", but continued to be published in Switzerland. After the Second World War , some of her works were reissued until the 1980s.
Christaller died in Jugenheim in 1953 and was buried in the family grave of the Jugenheim cemetery.
She was the aunt of denominationalist Friedrich Heyer .
Works (selection)
- Gottfried Erdmann and his wife. 1907.
- Holy love. 1911.
- Of love. eight stories. 1915
- Concealment. 1920.
- Annette's diary. 1926.
- Adam goes on a journey. CV of a pastor's son. 1936.
- My mother. A full life. 1937.
- Christine. A life story. 1942.
literature
- Hans Schwerte: Christaller, Helene. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 218 ( digitized version ).
- Gisela Wilkending (Ed.): Girls' literature from the imperial era . Metzler, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-476-01963-2 , p. 306.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Christaller, Helene. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1000-1001.
- Reinhard Tenberg: Christaller, Helene. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2nd, completely revised edition. 13 volumes. Volume 2, WBG, Darmstadt 2016 [reprint de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2008–2012], ISBN 978-3-534-26833-7 , p. 421 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Helene Christaller in the catalog of the German National Library
- List of works and life dates of Helene Christaller
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christaller, Helene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heyer, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1953 |
| Place of death | Jugenheim , Bergstrasse |