Helga Michie
Helga Michie (born November 1, 1921 in Vienna as Helga Aichinger, divorced Helga Singer , † September 27, 2018 in London ) was an Austrian - British visual artist and writer .
Life
Michie grew up with her twin sister Ilse Aichinger in Vienna and Linz . The annexation of Austria meant persecution and mortal danger for the family. On July 4, 1939, Helga was able to flee to Great Britain on a Kindertransport , but the rest of the family could not follow because the war broke out. In London she became a member of the Austrian Center and was in close contact with HG Adler , Franz Baermann Steiner Elias and Veza Canetti , Erich Fried, Anna Mahler , Hilde Spiel and Robert Neumann . In 1951 Ingeborg Bachmann lived with her. In the late 1950s, she was briefly married to British AI researcher Donald Michie .
Together with her friend, author Michael Hamburger , she translated his poem “Memory” from the volume “Between Languages”. After the war she worked with Erich Fried in Fritz Lampl's "Bimini Ltd." Glaswerkstätte ”( London ), where they made individually named ceramic buttons. In addition to her many different smaller works, she played in small roles in the films " The Third Man " and " Odette (Film) ".
Michie's graphic work was presented in solo exhibitions in Munich-Bogenhausen (1986) and Leeds (1971).
Helga Michie's daughter is the British artist Ruth Rix .
Publications
- "Slope". In: Literature and Criticism , No. 128, Otto Müller-Verlag, Salzburg 1978.
- Concord. Poems and pictures . Ed. Korrespondenzen, F. Hammerbacher: Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902113-47-2 .
- Helga Michie. I Am Beginning to Want What I Am. Werke 1965–1995 , ed. v. Christine Ivanovic, Schlebrügge, editor: Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903172-00-5 .
- Telephone conversation with Helga Michie (with Richard Reichensperger). In: Wolfgang Benz (Ed.): Die Kindertransporte 1938/39. Salvation and Integration . Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag: Frankfurt am Main 2003, pp. 206-209. A short biography on page 250.
literature
- Frank, Sonja: "Helga Michie". In Sonja Frank (ed.): Young Austria. Austrians in British exile 1938–1947 for a free, democratic and independent Austria , Verlag der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, Vienna: 2014, 2nd edition, pp. 364–371.
- Biography at Arts in Exile : Helga Michie .
Web links
- “ One face - two lives. Connectedness despite separation ”by Katja Gasser, Ö1 series“ Höhrbilder ”broadcast on October 27, 2001.
- Two letters and the picture “Concord” can be viewed in the Arts in Exile archive : kuenste-im-exil.de .
Individual evidence
- ^ Poet and artist Helga Michie died at the age of 96. In: Kleine Zeitung , October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ↑ Cf. Frank, Sonja: "Helga Michie". In Sonja Frank (ed.): Young Austria. Austrians in British exile 1938–1947 for a free, democratic and independent Austria , Verlag der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, Vienna: 2014, 2nd edition, p. 364; Entry in Edition Korrespondenzen and in Alte Schmiede .
- ^ Hamburger, Michael: Between the languages. Essays and poems . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1966.
- ↑ Cf. Frank, Sonja: "Helga Michie". In Sonja Frank (ed.): Young Austria. Austrians in British exile 1938–1947 for a free, democratic and independent Austria , Verlag der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, Vienna: 2014, 2nd edition, p. 367. See also Ilse Aichinger's radio play “Buttons”.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michie, Helga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aichinger, Helga (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-British artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 2018 |
| Place of death | London |