Lisa Kuntze

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Lisa Kuntze (born December 16, 1909 in Dresden as Elisabeth Hasait; † February 5, 2001 in Otjiwarongo , Namibia ) was a German-Namibian writer .

Origin and family

Lisa Kuntze was born in Dresden as the daughter of the technical director of the Saxon State Opera in Dresden , Max Hasait (1874–1951).

Kuntze was married to the German-Namibian farmer Eberhard Kuntze (1917–1995). The Namibian politician Michaela Hübschle (* 1950) is Kuntze's daughter.

Live and act

After finishing school, Kuntze learned the book trade . In 1931 she went to England as an au pair and to France in 1934. There she learned the English and French languages ​​and after her return to Germany found a job with a Berlin radio station. In Berlin she met the American writer Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938). The letters and postcards she wrote to him have survived. There she met her husband Eberhard Kuntze and moved with him in 1949 to his parents' farm Hillenhof in what was then South West Africa . She worked as a newspaper correspondent and author , wrote texts for the German-language channel of the South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC) and held numerous honorary posts . She spent her old age in an old people's home in Otjiwarongo and died at the age of 91 before her autobiography was published .

Works

  • Hope helps heal. Reports of experiences and thoughts during an illness . Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1972, ISBN 3-7958-0241-5 .
  • What is holding you here? 55 life stories from South West Africa / Namibia . SWA Scientific Society, Windhoek 1982, ISBN 0-949995-35-5 ( literature summary on pages of the book Namibiana depots Snippet view on Google Books [accessed on 19 February 2015]).
  • The power of diamonds. Sixty-six serious, serene and tragic diamond stories from South West Africa . SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Windhoek 1983, ISBN 0-949995-37-1 ( literature excerpt on the pages of the Namibiana Book Depot [accessed on February 19, 2015]).
  • The wonderful adventures of the little monkey Hopsi . Gamsberg, Windhoek 1983, ISBN 0-86848-175-0 (with illustrations by Urte Remmert).
  • The treasure on the Diaz cross. Hopsis 7 new pranks . Kuiseb, Eindhoek 1987, ISBN 0-949995-42-8 (with illustrations by Urte Remmert).
  • From Dresden to Otjiwarongo . Kuiseb, Windhoek 2001 ( literature excerpt on the pages of the Namibiana book depot, snippet view on Google Books [accessed February 19, 2015] autobiography).
  • Lisa Kuntze, Reinhard Keding : The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (DELK). Your development - problems - hopes . In: Klaus Alexander Hess, Klaus J. Becker (eds.): From the protected area to Namibia 2000 . Klaus Hess, Göttingen / Windhoek 2002, ISBN 3-933117-23-2 .
  • Lisa Kuntze: The great time of diamond discoveries . In: Klaus Alexander Hess, Klaus J. Becker (eds.): From the protected area to Namibia 2000 . Klaus Hess, Göttingen / Windhoek 2002, ISBN 3-933117-23-2 .

literature

  • Lisa Kuntze: From Dresden to Otjiwarongo . Kuiseb, Windhoek 2001, OCLC 49666294 ( literature summary on pages of the book Namibiana depots Snippet view on Google Books [accessed on 19 February 2015] autobiography).
  • Lawrence D. Stokes : Thomas Wolfe's Other German Girlfriend: Who Was Lisa Hasait? In: Thomas Wolfe Review . Vol. 30. Thomas Wolfe Society, 2006 (English, excerpt from the pages of the Questia Online Library [accessed February 19, 2015]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Hasait ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the personal wiki of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library (accessed on February 19, 2015). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Personen-wiki.slub-dresden.de
personal data
SURNAME Kuntze, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuntze, Elisabeth (full name); Hasait, Elisabeth (maiden name); Hasait, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Namibian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 2001
Place of death Otjiwarongo , Namibia