Margarete Wittber

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Margarete Wittber (born June 19, 1898 in Leipzig , † 1964 ) was a German teacher and writer .

Life

Margarete Wittber, who worked as a teacher in Lobstädt , mainly wrote books for young people . The Franz Schneider Verlag published her first three books for young people : in 1932 she published Len don't know what she wants and the following year its sequel Len knows what she wants . In 1934, Heinz the class chief followed . Her last work before the outbreak of World War II was the collection of stories. The Children of the Elephant House (1935).

In the GDR in the second half of the 1950s, the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt was able to publish some works again , including her last work, the novel Die blessed Else in Zunschwitz (1957).

In 1964 Margarete Wittber took her own life, possibly due to the threat of blindness.

Works

  • Len doesn't know what she wants , with book decorations by Fried Wittber , Franz Schneider, Leipzig 1932 (several editions until 1940)
  • Len now knows what she wants with book decorations by Käte Bernhardt , Franz Schneider, Leipzig 1933
  • Heinz the class chief , Franz Schneider, Leipzig 1934 (several editions until 1940)
  • The children of the elephant house , with pictures by Lotte Oldenburg , Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1935 (new edition under the title Das Elefantenhaus. Stories for young readers , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1956)
  • The banker. History of the carver Georg Huebner , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1957 (3rd edition Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1962)
  • Blessed Else in Zunschwitz. Nothing is too sacred to help people , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1957 (3rd edition Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1960)

In addition, she gave in 1959 from the estate of Alfred Wittber his contemplation knight despite death and the devil . Protestant information on Albrecht Dürer's copperplate engraving in the Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin.

literature

  • Werner Schuder (Ed.): Wittber, Margarete. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1967. 55th year. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1967, ISSN  0343-0936 , p. 1026

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personal data
SURNAME Wittber, Margarete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 1964