Isabella Nadolny
Isabella Nadolny (born Peltzer ; born May 26, 1917 in Munich , † July 31, 2004 in Traunstein ) was a German writer and translator .
Life
Isabella Nadolny came from the upper middle class Peltzer family ; her father was a painter , her great-grandfather was the cloth manufacturer Napoléon Peltzer, who emigrated to Russia . In the 1930s, the family ran into material difficulties; Isabella Peltzer worked as a secretary in a ministry in Berlin . In 1941 she married the writer Burkhard Nadolny ; from this marriage a son, the writer Sten Nadolny , emerged. From 1951 she published features articles and short stories, from 1959 novels. Since the 1960s, the focus of her work has been on translating light literature from English.
Isabella Nadolny lived in Chieming am Chiemsee . There is the house and the tree that gave her most famous book "A tree grows over the roof" the name. She is buried in the small cemetery in Stöttham .
Every year in January and February, the Chieming Tourist Info organizes literary hikes "In the footsteps of Isabella Nadolny".
Honors
- Toucan Prize of the City of Munich (1966)
- Ernst Hoferichter Prize (1975)
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (December 3, 1991)
- Bavarian Order of Merit (1994)
- The footpath that leads past her former home was named after her.
Works
- Lovable things about men , Vienna [a. a.] 1958
- A tree grows over the roof , Munich 1959
- Dear rich and happy , Munich 1961 (under the name Isabella Burkhard, together with Hermann Seyboth)
- Good manners always in demand , Munich 1962 (under the name Isabella Burkhard, together with Hans-Otto Meissner)
- Seehamer Diary , Munich 1962
- Gone like Rauch , Munich 1964
- All kinds of people, including two queens , Munich 1967
- So much about him ... , Munich 1979
- The most beautiful day , Munich 1980
- Providence and back , Munich 1988
- Past like a smoke, story of a family ; Bergisch Gladbach, Bastei-Verlag Lübbe, 1993, ISBN 3-404-11911-8 (history of the Peltzer family who emigrated to Russia)
Translations
- Nina Bawden: A Flamingo in the Rain , Munich 1997
- Nina Bawden: Black Man , Munich 1996
- Lillian Beckwith: On the islands also different , Munich 1994
- Lillian Beckwith: A fresh wind from the sea , Munich 1995
- Lillian Beckwith: In the loneliness of the hills , Munich 1993
- Lillian Beckwith: The salmon in a sweater , Munich 1996
- Lillian Beckwith: The Sea for Breakfast , Munich 1993
- Erma Bombeck : When my mistakes learned to run , Bergisch Gladbach 1989
- Erma Bombeck: It can also be champagne , Bergisch Gladbach 2001
- Erma Bombeck: I lost my heart in the laundry basket , Bergisch Gladbach 1981
- Erma Bombeck: I give myself red roses every day , Bergisch Gladbach 1982
- Erma Bombeck: I set my heart to summer time , Bergisch Gladbach 1983
- Erma Bombeck: Only the pudding hears my sigh , Bergisch Gladbach 1978
- Erma Bombeck: Four hands and a heart full of love , Bergisch Gladbach 1985
- Erma Bombeck: If my world is full of cherries, what do I do with the stones? , Bergisch Gladbach 1981
- Willy Breinholst : Hello - here I am! , Bergisch Gladbach 1991
- Ellen Bromfield-Geld: Am Diamantenfluss , Stuttgart 1960
- Ellen Bromfield Money: Paradise on the Volcano , Munich 1976
- Ellen Bromfield Money: A Valley in Ohio , Munich 1973
- Ellen Bromfield-Geld: Wildes Land in Matto Grosso , Munich 1972
- Ellen Bromfield Money: A Winter Dream , Munich 1978
- Margaret Campbell: The great violinists , Königstein / Ts. 1982
- Jan Carew: Moscow is not my Mecca , Munich 1965
- Jan Carew: Schwarzer Midas , Munich 1959
- Jan Carew: Wild Coast , Munich 1961
- Mary Carson: Ginny , Hamburg 1973
- Jane Crile: Holidays under water , Munich [u. a.] 1955
- Sue Dyson: The Far Morning , Munich 1999
- Maria Fagyas : The lieutenant and his judge , Reinbek near Hamburg 1971
- Louis Fischer: Mahatma Gandhi , Frankfurt am Main 1955 (under the name Isabella Ma Jolny)
- Celia Fremlin: Is there a baby that doesn't cry? , Zurich 1991
- Celia Fremlin: Uncle Paul , Zurich 1989
- Celia Fremlin: The Spider Orchid , Zurich 1988
- Celia Fremlin: The Hours Before Dawn , Zurich 1987
- Joanne Gillespie: Joanne , Bergisch Gladbach 1990
- Ronald J. Glasser: Do I have to die, doctor? , Munich 1972
- Lawrence Louis Goldman: The castrato , Munich 1974
- Theresa de Kerpely: Arabeske , Munich 1978
- Robert Kimmel-Smith: Jane's House , Bern [u. a.] 1985
- Penelope Lively : Behind the Wheat Field , Munich 1996
- Penelope Lively: Cleopatra's sister , Munich 1994
- Penelope Lively: The Long Night in Abu Simbel , Munich 1996
- Penelope Lively: London in my head , Munich 1995
- Buster Lloyd-Jones: All animals came , Munich 1967
- Buster Lloyd-Jones: From cats and dogs, from ladies and lords , Munich 1973
- Yehudi Menuhin : Unfinished Journey , Munich [u. a.] 1976 (together with Albrecht Roeseler)
- Henry Miller : Journey to an old country , Munich 1976 (together with Maria Dessauer and Wilhelm Höck)
- Townsend Miller: Isabel and Juana , Munich 1967
- Robert Morgan: Gap Creek , Munich 2001
- Nora Naish: Summer Sunday , Munich 1995
- Joyce Carol Oates : A Garden of Earthly Delights , Hamburg 1970
- Joyce Carol Oates: Jene , Stuttgart 1975
- Charlton Ogburn: Race to the Magic Trees , Munich 1975
- Chapman Pincher: I love my dog life , Munich 1993
- John Boynton Priestley : A very English love story , Munich 1979
- Miss Read : The view of the cornfields , Munich 2000
- Miss Read: A Bad Rumor , Munich 2000
- Miss Read: Dorfgewitter , Munich 1998
- Miss Read: Dorfschule , Munich 1997
- Miss Read: Dorftagebuch , Munich 1997
- Miss Read: A wonderful summer , Munich 2003
- Miss Read: The centenary , Munich 2002
- Miss Read: Miss Read is on summer vacation , Munich 1999
- Miss Read: The Christmas Child , Munich 1998
- Tamara Talbot Rice: Elisabeth von Russland , Munich 1970
- Arthur J. Roth: The Defiant Sons of Ireland , Munich 1960
- Erich Segal : Love story , Hamburg 1971
- Erich Segal: Man, Woman and Child , Munich 1980
- Lee Smith: White and Black Birds in Tall Trees , Hamburg 1972
- Elizabeth Spencer: Light on the Piazza , Hamburg 1961
- James Stephens: Under Ireland's Heavens , Cologne 1986
- Joyce Stranger: A Farm for Jane , Munich 1989
- Joyce Stranger: The Foundling Dog , Munich 1984
- Joyce Stranger: A dog for Tim , Munich 1981
- Joyce Stranger: Khazan , Munich 1983
- Elizabeth Sutherland: Time of Truth , Freiburg im Breisgau 1977
- Han Suyin: All glory on earth , Darmstadt [u. a.] 1953
- Frank Trippett: Amaomanta , Munich 1978
- Una Troy: The people in the colorful car , Munich 1991
- Una Troy: The sea is music , Munich 2001
- Una Troy: A nice little family , Munich 1989
- Una Troy: Trau schau wem , Munich 1988
- Mervyn Wall: Fursey's Return to Ireland of the Pious , Cologne 1987
- Eugenia Wasilewska : The Silver Madonna , Hamburg 1971
- Fay Weldon : You will still think of me , Munich 1990
- Fay Weldon: Down here with the women , Munich 1992
- Fay Weldon: Sterndame , Munich 1991
- Stephen Wendt: Adieu, Danielle , Hamburg 1964
- Edith Wharton : The Children , Munich 1992
- Andrew N. Wilson: Der Streuner , Munich 1989
- Peggy Woodford: Don't go away ... , Freiburg im Breisgau 1975
- Lois Wyse: Funny, you don't look like a grandmother , Munich 1990
- Helen Yglesias: Agonia , Frankfurt / M. [u. a.] 1986
Web links
- Literature by and about Isabella Nadolny in the catalog of the German National Library
- Isabella Nadolny in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Isabella Nadolny in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tukan Prize 1966
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
- ^ Isabelle Nadolny Way. In: OpenStreetMap. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nadolny, Isabella |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peltzer, Isabella (real name); Burkhard, Isabella (pseudonym); Ma Jolny, Isabella (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2004 |
| Place of death | Traunstein |