Hilda Bergmann

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Hilda Bergmann (born November 9, 1878 in Prachatitz , Bohemia, † November 22, 1947 in Sweden ) was an Austrian writer and translator.

Life

Hilda Bergmann was born on November 9, 1878 in Prachatitz in the Bohemian Forest . She was the eldest of three daughters of the district school inspector Eduard Bergmann and his wife Emma, ​​geb. Fox. She attended the elementary and community schools at her birthplace. After the family moved to Vienna in 1897 , she completed an education as a primary school teacher there in 1898, where she worked at various schools. In 1908 she left school for health reasons. In the same year she married the widower Alfred Kohner. This brought a son named Hans into the marriage. Since Alfred Kohner was in danger as a Jew after Austria was annexed to the National Socialist German Reich in 1938, the family emigrated to Åstorp in Sweden. A return to her hometown of Prachatitz was not possible because of the war and post-war events. Hilda Bergmann died in exile in Sweden on November 22, 1947, her grave is in Astorp / Björnekulla.

Appreciation

Hilda Bergmann stood out above all as a German poet and narrator. Her poems are reminiscent of Rainer Maria Rilke . The author mainly publishes legends and fairy tales in prose; many of her stories are aimed at children as addressees. The Swiss painter Ernst Kreidolf illustrated some of her books.

Works

  • The sacred herons . (Poems), Vienna 1925, Paul Knepler publishing house
  • From elves and other little people . With pictures by Ferdinand Staeger . Reichenberg 1928, Stiepel brothers
  • About the bell bim and other stories . Reichenberg 1931, Stiepel brothers
  • The dumb things . (Poems), Vienna 1933, Krystall-Verlag
  • The Kingdom of Heaven . With 12 pictures by Ernst Kreidolf of fairy tales from meadow and forest. Erlenbach-Zurich 1935, Rotapfel-Verlag
  • Light up the lights . (Poems), Vienna 1936, Krystall-Verlag
  • Fairy tale from meadow and forest . With pictures by Max Zeschitz, Teplitz-Schönau 1938
  • The ready-to-print manuscript for the volume of poetry The Eternal Fountain is in the archive of the Bohemian Forest Museum in Passau
  • In exile in Sweden, Hilda Bergmann translated the book Vogel ohne Schwingen by Jeanna Oterdahl from Swedish into German (title of the Swedish edition: Fagel Vinglös ). The German edition was published in 1955 by: Christliche Verlagsanstalt Konstanz.

In addition, she made copies of texts by Rabindranath Tagore , which are unpublished in the estate in the archives of the Bohemian Forest Museum.

literature

  • Hilda Bergmann, Born to Poetry, Selected Works; ed. from the Bohemian Forest Heimatkreis Prachatitz e. V. 2007
  • Josef Schneider, In memoriam Hilda Bergmann; Albert Stifter Association Munich, Christmas gift 1956
  • Stanislava Ziková, The Creation of Hilda Bergmann, diploma thesis at the University of Budweis 2001.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Bergmann, Hilda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Prachatice , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1947
Place of death Sweden