Katherine Allfrey

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Katherine Allfrey (born August 14, 1910 in Verl as Paula Katherina Forjahn ; † December 8, 2001 in Kandern ) was a German-British children's and youth author.

Life

Katherine Allfrey worked as a saleswoman, teacher and nanny. She spent five years in Athens and then emigrated to New Zealand with her husband, an Englishman , where she began to write. In 1949 she returned to Europe and lived with her family of five near Bristol . In 1988 she returned to Germany, where she lived in Binzen from 1989 . Allfrey repeatedly deals with topics from history and mythology in her books. In 1964 she was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize for her story “Delphinensommer” .

Trivia

A street in a residential area in Verl is named after her.

Independent publications

  • Grisi and the Little People, Stuttgart 1956 [Katherine Forjahn; Illustr.]
  • Refuge in the secret house, Stuttgart 1957 [Katherine Forjahn; Illustr.]
  • Delphinensommer, Berlin: Dressler 1963 [Illustr.]; Frankfurt / M .: Gutenberg Book Guild 1966; Stuttgart: Dt. Bücherbund [1973]; Berlin: Dressler 1976, 1980; Hamburg: Oetinger 1984; Radio play version. Arranged by C. Poensgen and M. Torris. [Hamburg:] Philips [1966]; [Marburg:] German Study for the Blind n.d.; English, American, Dutch, African, Portuguese and Hebrew transl.
  • Penny Brown, Berlin: Dressler 1964; Munich: dtv 1971, 1973, 1976
  • Dimitri, Berlin: Dressler 1966
  • The child who talked to the birds, ibid. 1968 [Illustr.]
  • Rauhbeins im Busch, Roman [translated from the English. by G. Rukschcio]. Balve: Engelbert 1970
  • Haunted in the golden pumpkin. Berlin: Dressler 1970 [Illustr.]
  • Dove among falcons, A girl in search of her destiny. Würzburg: Arena 1971, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2002
  • The way to Tir-nan-Og, Balve: Engelbert 1972
  • The three from the white box, Berlin: Dressler 1972 [Illustr.]
  • Christmas singing, Kempten: Kösel 1973
  • The sun is shining for Lambis too, Berlin: Dressler 1973; Ravensburg: Maier 1979
  • They came to Delos, a novel for young girls, Würzburg: Arena 1980, 1989
  • The flaming tree, ibid. 1982, 1986 [Illustr.]
  • Achim waves to the trains, ibid. 1984 [Illustr.]
  • The midnight dog, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1986, 1987; Munich: dtv 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
  • The house on the dike, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1988; Munich: dtv 1993
  • The apparition in the gorge, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1989; Munich: dtv 1994
  • The Trojan, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1990; Munich: dtv 1995; ibid .: Omnibus, 2000
  • Trixis Tricks, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1991; Munich: dtv 1996
  • Aktis, son of the Trojan, Stuttgart: Thienemann 1993; Munich: Omnibus 2001
  • The Orchid House, follow-up by E. Campell. German by B. Röhm. Reinbek: Rowohlt 1993 [author name: Phyllis Shand Allfrey].
  • Katherine Allfrey reading book. Compiled and with an afterword by Walter Gödden , Nylands Kleine Westfälische Bibliothek Volume 24, Bielfeld: Aisthesis 2010. ISBN 978-3-89528-811-1

Dependent publications in the following publications

  • B. Bartos-Höppner (ed.): Christmas stories of our time. Well-known writers tell of the Christmas miracle. Würzburg 1977, 1981;
  • this. (Ed.): Animal stories of our time. New ore. Well-known writer. Ibid. 1981; this. (Ed.): Girls stories of our time. Neue Erz. Well-known writer for today's young girls. Ibid. 1981 - The show, monthly journal. [Travelogues].

literature

  • Vinah Gödden: Katherine Allfrey (1910-2001). Portrait of a German-English author of young adult books (publications by the literature commission for Westphalia, Volume 31), Bielefeld 2008. ISBN 978-3-89528-692-6

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personal data
SURNAME Allfrey, Katherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forjahn, Katherine (author name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British author of children's and young people's books
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Loss
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2001
Place of death Kandern , Baden