Hildegard Johanna Kaeser

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Hildegard Johanna Kaeser (born April 4, 1904 in Berlin ; died March 26, 1965 in Norrviken near Stockholm ) was a German journalist, author of novels, books for young people and biographies as well as a translator.

Her works have been translated into numerous languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, French and English.

Life

Hildegard Johanna Zander was Jewish. In 1930 she married the non-Jew Walter Kaeser. Until the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Kaeser worked as a journalist and editor of the magazines Der hehre Fridolin and Tempo at Ullstein Verlag in Berlin. Prevented by the Nazi race laws from continuing to practice their profession, the couple emigrated to Denmark via France. From 1935 they lived in Sweden, where Kaeser began to work as an author of books for young people, which first appeared in Swedish translation. Her best-known books, especially in the Anglo-Saxon region, include the four books about a boy named Mimff who experiences various adventures. In the following years she also published a number of upscale entertainment novels in the Swiss Orell Füssli publishing house, in which the fates of emigrants often play a role. Finally, she wrote a successful series of biographies and biographical narratives that appeared in the series “Bragd och hjältedåd” (heroic deeds) by Harrier-Verlag in Stockholm. Finally, she also translated ten novels by Dagmar Edqvist into German.

Kaeser committed suicide on March 26, 1965, four days after her husband's death.

Works

  • Mimff, the boy who went out to learn to fear. Swedish: Mimm, pojken som aldrig var rädd . Lund 1937. Edition in Germany: Mimpf, the boy who went out to learn to fear. An exciting youth story from Sweden. Sauerländer, Aarau 1942.
  • The miracle loupe. A book for boys and girls who want to see the world. Zurich 1938.
  • The magic mirror. A book for inquisitive boys and girls. Zurich 1939.
  • The fifth makes it. Swedish: Femman gör slag i saken. Lund 1941.
  • Junker and Companion. The story of a friendship. Zurich 1942.
  • The carousel. An exciting and funny story. Benziger, Cologne 1942.
  • But time stands between us. Novel. Bell books, Frankfurt a. M. 1944.
  • Meeting and farewell . Novel. Zurich 1944.
  • Brine cuts. Biography. Stockholm 1945.
  • Kvinnan som besegrade slavägarna. En advice from Harriet Beecher Stowe. Biography. Stockholm 1945.
  • Det mystiska korsets man. Advised by William Penn, Grundaren av kväkarstraten Pennsylvania. Biography. Stockholm 1945.
  • The invisible bond, novel. Zurich 1945.
  • Bragdernas belönare. Andrew Carnegies liv och Verk. Biography. Stockholm 1945.
  • Alpernas besegrare. We advise on Louis Favre. Biography. Stockholm 1946.
  • Between yesterday and tomorrow. Novel. Zurich 1947.
  • På jakt efter Trojas guld: en advice from Heinrich Schliemann, vars liv var ett aventyr. Biography. Stockholm 1948.
  • Mathias Langeland. Novel. Zurich & Nuremberg 1948. 2nd edition under the title: The joy of fish. Bayreuth 1960.
  • De faderlösas far. We advise you on Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in men and women uppfostrare. Biography. Stockholm 1948.
  • Ropet. Stockholm 1949.
  • The distant goal. Novel. Zurich 1949.
  • Berömda kvinnobragder. Sju biografiska advisors om market league kvinnor. Biographies. Stockholm 1949.
  • Mimff is in charge. Norwegian: Mimm får et uppdrag. Oslo 1950. German edition 1954.
  • Floods of life. Novel. Hattingen-Ruhr around 1950.
  • Fetters of the heart. Novel. Zurich 1950.
  • The return home. Novel. Zurich 1952.
  • The hour of truth. Novel. Zurich 1953.
  • The invisible tape. Novel. Zurich 1953.
  • Thrown from cliff to cliff. Novel. Bochum around 1955.
  • Vera. Novel. Hattingen-Ruhr around 1955.
  • Voices in the night. Novel. Hattingen-Ruhr around 1955.
  • Duet of four. Novel. Zurich 1956.
  • More than love. Novel. Zurich 1957.
  • Game of fate. Novel. Zurich 1958.
  • Mimff-Robinson. London 1958 (no German edition).
  • Day without a dream. Novel. Zurich 1959.
  • Blown trail. Novel. Zurich 1960.
  • The new magic mirror. A book for young people thirsty for knowledge. Zurich 1960.
  • Women conquer the world. Life pictures of famous women. Zurich 1961.
  • The woman in the fog. Novel. Zurich 1962.
  • Sleep well! Fairy tales before going to sleep. Zurich 1963.
  • Fleeing shadows. Novel. Zurich 1963.
  • Voices in the night. Novel. Zurich 1964.
  • Beloved women. 8 life stories. Zurich 1964.
  • The full price. Novel. Zurich 1965.

literature

  • Ilse Auer: Kaeser, Hildegard Johanna. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 6, p. 228.
  • Anne E. Dünzelmann: Walks in Stockholm: In the footsteps of German exiles 1933–1945. BoD, Norderstedt 2016, p. 90.
  • Inger Lundmark: Hildegard Johanna Kaeser - an author in exile in Sweden. German Institute, Stockholm 1971 (with bibliography). -
  • Helmut Müssener: Exile in Sweden. Politics and cultural emigration after 1933. Munich 1974.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The cheerful Fridolin. Half-monthly publication for sports, games, fun and adventure. Ullstein, Berlin 1921-1928, ZDB ID 545599-6
  2. ↑ pace. Berliner Abend-Zeitung. Ullstein, Berlin 1928-1933, ZDB ID 821492-x .
personal data
SURNAME Kaeser, Hildegard Johanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zander, Hildegard Johanna (maiden name); Hill, Hillevi (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1965
Place of death Norrviken