Lotte Pirker
Lotte Pirker (* 11. August 1877 in Marienbad ; † 16th December 1963 in Vienna ) was in Austria politician of the Social Democratic Labor Party in the First Republic , women's rights activist and writer .
Life
Karoline (Lotte) Pirker, b. Schneider was the daughter of a regional judge. In 1883 the family moved to Karlsbad . Her parents encouraged her artistic talents, and she was taught by private tutors. In Munich she attended the painting class at the Kunstgewerbeschule for two years . She was actively involved in the early women's movement and made the acquaintance of Rosa Luxemburg , who often visited her studio. She moved to Vienna, where she attended an acting school and took the swimming master's examination, which was a rarity for a woman of her time. In 1902 she married the officer Friedrich Pirker. The honeymoon went to the USA . As a result, the couple went on a long series of extended trips. She processed her travel experiences in poems, journalistic travel reports and public photo lectures.
In 1904 the son and later cave explorer and musicologist Rudolf Pirker (1904–1982) was born in Pilsen . The couple ran a manor in southern Bohemia for a few years , but lost a lot of money and moved to Vienna in 1908. Friedrich Pirker became a civil servant in the Imperial and Royal Railway Ministry , while Lotte Pirker appeared as an actress. She began to deal with politics and economics.
After the First World War , she joined the Social Democratic Labor Party and between 1919 and 1934 was a district councilor in the Vienna district of Hietzing . As an educational functionary, she was active in popular education and designed readings, lecture evenings, slide shows and recitation evenings from her own and other works. In 1933 she became a member of the Association of Socialist Writers . After the events of February 1934 , she withdrew from political life. Her husband died in 1938. After the Second World War she became involved in the KPÖ for cultural issues, was involved in the peace movement and for women's rights.
Works
- The stolen self. Grotesques. With a cover drawing by Carry Hauser , Vienna 1925 (reprinted in 1997 in the series Forgotten Authors of Modernism )
- Blossoms from the Tree of Life: Poems , Vienna 1957
literature
- Hannes Stekl (ed.): “Höhere Töchter” and “Sons from a good house”, Vienna 1999, pp. 127–145
- Anja Melzer: Lotte Pirker. In: Zwischenwelt. No. 4 (November 2014). Pp. 58-61
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pirker, Lotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and politician (SDAP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marienbad |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Vienna |