Margarete Seemann

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Margarete Seemann (District Museum Meidling)
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Margarete Seemann (born July 26, 1893 in Vienna ; † June 6, 1949 ibid), pseudonym Margarete Margmann , was an Austrian author of novels, children and young people.

Life

Margarete Seemann was the daughter of a decorative painter from South Moravia and a mother from Vienna. She came from a middle-class family and grew up in the Josefstadt district of Vienna and in Guldenfurth near Nikolsburg in South Moravia . She went to school with the Ursulines and prepared for her future career as a primary school teacher. As such, she was confronted with the reality of social and material hardship in the Viennese working-class districts, she taught in Hernals and lived in Meidling since 1937 . She was socially committed and created fairy tales and other plays for children, which are written in the Catholic spirit, to amuse and educate children. Readings from her books were very popular in the 1930s. Her verses and stories for children were designed by famous illustrators, such as Ida Bohatta . Especially in the 1930s and 1940s, her books were published by Catholic publishers and are still published today. Margarete Seemann fell ill with bone cancer in 1937, from which she died after a long suffering in 1949 and was buried in the Hetzendorfer Friedhof , where she received an honorary grave of the City of Vienna (group 15, grave no. 75). In 1993 the Margarete-Seemann-Weg in Vienna-Meidling was named after her.

Works

Margarete Seemann was referred to as the "poet of mothers" and "Austrian Selma Lagerlöf". Her works emerged from her Catholic faith and were very successful. 60 of her poems have been set to music by various composers and her books have been translated into 7 languages, including Japanese. In addition to her children's books, her poems and aphorisms in particular also met with lasting approval.

Books by Margarete Seemann
Grave of Margarete Seemann in the Hetzendorfer Friedhof
  • Hearts of Hearts , Stories, 3 volumes, 1926
  • Gabriel Selbstreu , novella, Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1928
  • Two crowns , novel, Bergland-Verlag, Elberfeld 1928
  • Somewhere and other fairy tales . Verlag der Schulbrüder, Kirnach-Villingen, 1928 (illustrated by Ida Bohatta )
  • The white milk and other fairy tales . Verlag der Schulbrüder, Kirnach-Villingen, 1928 (illustrated by Ida Bohatta)
  • In the gray forest and other fairy tales . Publishing house of the school brothers, Kirnach-Villingen, 1929 (illustrated by Ida Bohatta)
  • Your soul and my thoughts . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1929
  • Benedeite earth . Poems. Borgmeyer, Hildesheim 1930
  • Blooming thorn , homeland novel. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1930
  • All about the Advent wreath . Sketches. Borgmeyer, Hildesheim 1931
  • The begging cross , narrative. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1931
  • Tower meter . Publishing house of the school brothers, Kirnach-Villingen 1931
  • Your children , Roman. A Sonnenland girls' book. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1932
  • Jumping jack, lead us! Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1932 (illustrated by Ida Bohatta )
  • The women's game . Höfling, Munich 1933
  • Uphill , Roman. Berg-Leben Vol. 1. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1934
  • O earth! Sketches. Borgmeyer, Hildesheim 1934
  • Consultation hour . Novel. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1934
  • You and me . Thoughts. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1934
  • The Hummel book . Poems. 1934 (illustrated by Maria Innocentia Hummel )
  • Doctor Allesgut . Josef Müller, Munich 1935 (illustrated by Ida Bohatta )
  • One, two, three, four, now we're flying! Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1935
  • The temple . Schöningh, Paderborn 1935
  • On the way . Stories. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1935
  • Steep . Novel. Berg-Leben Vol. 2. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1936
  • Brother human . Seals. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1937
  • Go to school . Sebaldus, Nuremberg 1937
  • Our father . Sebaldus, Nuremberg 1937
  • Winkelmatz and other comrades . Schöningh, Paderborn 1937
  • Hail Mary! Sebaldus, Nuremberg 1938
  • Summit up . Novel. Berg-Leben Vol. 3. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1938
  • The Margarete Seemann book . Fink, Stuttgart 1939
  • Sparks . Aphorisms. Kerle, Munich 1940
  • Children's watch . Sebaldus, Nuremberg 1941
  • Once upon a time . Fink, Stuttgart 1943
  • Do you love me? Fink, Stuttgart 1943
  • Play with me . Fink, Stuttgart 1943
  • Our child is here . Fink, Stuttgart 1943
  • We wish you luck . Fink, Stuttgart 1943
  • Jumping jack, lead us . Jugend & Volk, Vienna, 1946
  • Blessed bridges , sketches. Bernina-Verlag, Vienna 1946
  • A small bouquet . Thoughts. Mayer, Vienna 1947
  • A nice greeting . Thoughts. Mayer, Vienna 1949

literature

  • Otmar Seemann: Longing flows deep in the brooks. The writer Margarete Seemann (1893-1949). Helwich, Vienna 1989
  • Meidling. Cultural hiking trail part 3 . City of Vienna - District Management Meidling, no year
  • O. Seaman:  Seaman Margarete. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 105 f. (Direct links on p. 105 , p. 106 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Sailor, Margarete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Margmann, Margarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1949
Place of death Vienna