Hilda Knobloch

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Book cover of a novel by Hilda Knobloch

Hilda Knobloch (born December 21, 1880 in Marburg an der Drau , † February 5, 1960 in Graz ) was an Austrian writer . For her publications she also used the pseudonyms: "Knobloch Hans", "Knobloch H.", "Torthofer Hilda" and "Torthofer H.".

Life

Hilda Karolina Amalia Knobloch was born in the Lower Styrian town of Marburg (now Maribor in Slovenia ) in 1880 . Her father Gustav Knobloch taught as a teacher at the local state high school, her mother Mathilde, nee Schram, was a housewife.

Hilda initially attended the girls' elementary school in Marburg. In the fifth grade, she met Margarete Glantschnigg , who was the same age , and shared the school desk with her. The intimate friendship between the two girls was to last for life. In the middle of 1891 the Knobloch family moved to Vienna . Here Hilda attended the town school . During this time she came into contact with the stage world as an avid theater-goer. In 1895 the father was called back to his former place of work as the Realschule director, as a result of which the parents returned to Marburg with her.

Hilda Knobloch had already completed the public school in Vienna. Here in Marburg, she took private lessons in English and in 1901, despite a serious and protracted illness, passed the state examination to become a language teacher for English. After the father's retirement, the family moved to Graz in 1907 and moved into an apartment on Schillerplatz. Here Hilda Knobloch started writing on the advice of her friend Margarete Glantschnigg. At first she wrote newspaper bulletins, later she also published novels, short stories, and poems in children's and youth magazines.

Works (in selection)

  • The Judas Bell . Drama. (1918)
  • The love history of His Highness . Novel. (1926)
  • The pastor of Lehen . Novellas. (1926)
  • The millennial day . Novel. (1927)
  • Saint Vincent de Paul . Legend. (1934)
  • The traveling student . Novel. (1935)
  • Saint Ignatius of Loyola . Legend. (1936)
  • Saint Notburga . Legend. (1938)
  • Mount Doom . Novel. (1938)
  • Saint Genoveva . Legend. (1940)
  • Saint Catherine . Legend. (around 1940)
  • The fire spirit . Novel. (1941)
  • The omniscient eyes . Novel. (1944)
  • Maria Theresa . Novel. (1946)
  • The talking clock . Novel. (1946)
  • Between god and demon . Novel. (1946)
  • The cathedral . Novel. (1947)
  • The great transformation . Novel. (1948)
  • The last monarch . Novel. (1949)
  • The Robinson of our forest . Novel. (1949)
  • Aji . Novel. (1951)
  • An emperor wants peace . Novel. (1951)
  • The wise parrot . Youth book. (1952)
  • Burubu the elephant and his girlfriend . Youth book. (1953)
  • Colors and women . Novel. (1953)
  • Pharaoh's little dog . Youth book. (1953)
  • Susi, the mountain goat . Youth book. (1953)
  • The kiss of the princess . Novel. (1954)
  • Dance of the Crowns . Novel. (1954)
  • Under the devil's spruce . Novel. (1954)
  • The miracle tree in the jungle . Youth book. (1954)
  • The severe mountains . Youth book. (1955)
  • The girl from the Wildbad . Novel. (1955)
  • Butzemann, the pug of the Duke of Württemberg . Children's book (1955)
  • The doom maker . Novel. (1956)
  • Everyone is looking for Aladdin . Youth book. (1956)
  • The donkey from Vesuvius . Youth book. (1957)
  • Hackebold, the smartest of all birds . Youth book. (1958)
  • The mother of many thousands of children . Youth book. (1958)
  • Where is Lori going  ? Girl book. (1958)
  • Eva-Violetta . Girl book. (1959)
  • Petra and the animal doctor . Youth book (1959)

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Knobloch, Hilda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knobloch Hans (pseudonym); Knobloch H. (pseudonym); Torthofer Hilda (pseudonym); Torthofer H. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg on the Drau
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1960
Place of death Graz