Hildegard Wais

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Hildegard Wais (born January 30, 1909 in Pöchlarn , Ornding; † March 2, 1986 in Pöchlarn) was an Austrian poet.

Life

Hildegard Wais, née Reinwein, was born in Ornding in 1909 as the daughter of a senior teacher . She married Karl Wais, who was a high school supervisor at the time and later became principal .

During the time of National Socialism in 1938, Wais happily welcomed Austria's annexation to the German Reich in 1938 : she contributed to the confessional book of Austrian poets published by the Association of German Writers in Austria (BdSÖ) . Nevertheless, Wais was refused admission to the BdSÖ: In a related statement by the NSDAP , she was described as “ clerical ” and “ strictly religious ” and therefore classified as “unreliable”.

After the war she published in the right-wing publishing company Mountain belonging publishing watchman and published for years in which the New Right attributable Eckart messengers . In 1960 she received the “Ring of Honor” from the right-wing extremist Deutsches Kulturwerk Europäische Geist as an award for poetry. Hildegard Wais initially wrote mainly in High German and later in dialect poetry .

Hildegard Wais and her husband have worked together for a long time in Pöchlarn in a cultural sense. In 1989, on the occasion of her 80th birthday, a plaque was posthumously attached to her home by the municipality.

Publications

  • Weinberg im Morgen , Krystall-Verlag, Vienna, 1937.
  • Blackbird of the Heart , Türmer-Verlag, Munich, 1961.
  • Nocturnal journey , Kisler Verlag, Vienna 1973.
  • Field full of ache: Poems in Lower Austrian dialect , Verlag Welsermühl, 1974.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of German writers Austria (ed.): Confession book of Austrian poets . Krystall Verlag, Vienna 1938
  2. ^ Renner, Gerhard (1986). Austrian writers and National Socialism. The "Federation of German Writers Austria" and the establishment of the Reichsschrifttumskammer in the "Ostmark" . Frankfurt am Main: Booksellers Association. P. 281.
  3. ^ Austrian National Library (ed.). "Eckartbote authors".
personal data
SURNAME Wais, Hildegard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Pöchlarn
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1986
Place of death Pöchlarn