Johanna Monschein

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Johanna Monschein (born December 16, 1907 in Vienna ; † May 14, 1997 ibid) was an Austrian diplomat and children's book researcher .

Life

Johanna Mondschein received his doctorate in 1932 after studying at the University of Vienna to Dr. jur. She was in the Austrian diplomatic service from 1952, and from 1959 as the first extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador. From 1965 to 1968 she served as ambassador to Brussels. She retired in 1973. Monschein collected children's books. After her retirement, she devoted herself to research. She conceived the major exhibition of the Austrian National Library, “European Children's Books from the 15th to the 19th Century ”, shown in 1979 . In 1994 she also published the children's book collection owned by Emperor Franz I in the volume “Children's and Young People's Books of Enlightenment ”. Monschein is considered to be the founder of historical children's book research in Austria .

Works (selection)

  • Johanna Monschein: Children's and young people's books of the Enlightenment. From the collection of Emperor Franz I of Austria in the Fideikommiß library at the Austrian National Library. Salzburg, Vienna 1994
  • Johanna Monschein (Hrsg.): European children's books from the 15th to the 19th century. Exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library, May 17 to September 14, 1979. Exhibition cat. Vienna: Österr. National Library 1979

literature

  • The aesthetics of the unfinished: in memoriam of the children's book collector Johanna Monschein. Edited by Susanne Blumesberger. Vienna: Österr. National Library 2007 (Libri liberorum, special issue June 2007)
  • Edith Stumpf-Fischer: "You are always alone ...". Johanna Monschein (1907–1997), diplomat and researcher. Vienna 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Monschein_Johanna_1907_1997.xml
personal data
SURNAME Monschein, Johanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat and children's book researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1997
Place of death Vienna