Lydia Kath

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Lydia Franziska Charlotte Kath (married name: Lydia Knop , also: Lydia Knop-Kath , born August 16, 1906 in Virchow / Pomerania ; † April 12, 1978 in Cologne ) was a German writer .

Life

Lydia Kath received her doctorate in 1931 at the University of Frankfurt with a thesis on Wilhelm Raabe as a doctor of philosophy . During the time of National Socialism , she published a series of narrative works in the Nazi publishing house “Junge Generation”, which were on the first “ list of literature to be sorted out ” in the Soviet zone in 1946 . From the mid-1950s, Lydia Kath published successful children's books, of which the volume Tales of Little Michael had a circulation of over 50,000 copies.

In 1935 Lydia Kath married Hermann Theodor Knop (1903–1961) in Dramburg . She died in 1978 at the age of 71 in her apartment in Cologne-Bayenthal . The couple's grave is located in Cologne's southern cemetery .

Works

  • Personality and poetry of the young Wilhelm Raabe with regard to his female figures . Schwäbische Verlagsdruckerei, Dillingen 1931 (Diss. Frankfurt / M. 1931)
  • Aud. Story of a viking woman . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1934
  • The woman in old Norse folk life . A. Bagel, Düsseldorf 1934 (Bagels library for German girls) digitized
  • Jomsburg. A viking story . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1934
  • The peasant chancellor . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1935
  • Primal mother Unn. Stories about Norse women . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1936
  • The Hilge sisters . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1941
  • The Schultzen-Kathrin . Young generation, Berlin-Steglitz 1943
  • Sisi and the Hamsel child . Thienemann, Stuttgart 1954 (Meine kleine Bücherei Vol. 25)
  • Marianne takes care of two . Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1955
  • Stories from little Michael . Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1956
  • A bird came flying. A happy story for children and sparrows . Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1957
  • Sabinchen motley . Boje-Verlag, Stuttgart 1958
  • Hello little Thomas! Boje-Verlag, Stuttgart 1959
  • The little flute player. Fairy tales and stories from Africa . Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1959
  • Grass for the royal camels . Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1960
  • Lydia Knop-Kath: Meisie in South Africa . Schneider, Munich 1960 (Schneider book)
  • Lydia Knop-Kath: Your child needs you , Stuttgart 1963
  • Christmas with Theodor Storm . Kiefel, Wuppertal-Barmen 1965
  • Mother Anna. the true story of a life bravely lived . Kiefel, Wuppertal-Barmen 1966
  • The Christmas art of Councilor Goethe. A story . Kiefel, Wuppertal-Barmen 1966
  • Little friend from Greece . Engelbert-Verlag, Balve / Westf. 1969
  • Mrs. Catharina Elisabeth Goethe | Councilor Goethe tells . Kiefel, Wuppertal-Barmen 1982 (Kiefel paperbacks)

Editing

  • Who does not honor the little ... Stuttgart 1965 (published under the name Lydia Knop-Kath)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Death certificate No. 3675 from April 14, 1978, Cologne registry office. LAV NRW R civil status register, accessed on June 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ burial place. In: findagrave.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kath, Lydia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kath, Lydia Franziska Charlotte (full name); Knop-Kath, Lydia; Knop, Lydia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Virchow
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1978
Place of death Cologne