Maria Schmitz (writer)

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Maria Schmitz, photo published 1902

Maria Schmitz (Maria Magdalena Angelica Catharina Schmitz, née Köhler, pseudonyms Angelika Harten and R. Fabri de Fabris , born February 25, 1858 in Neuss , † January 8, 1945 in Kraschnitz ) was a German writer .

Life

When Maria was 12 years old, the father became Dr. Joseph Köhler, a grammar school director and later member of the state parliament, transferred to the Jesuit college in Münstereifel . In 1875 he went to Emmerich . Maria stayed in Münstereifel and attended the boarding school of the Ursulines of St. Salvator there. The author later wrote extensively about this time under the pseudonym Angelika Harten in the Backfischer story “Wildfang im Pensionat” (1897). Maria passed her exams as a teacher at the age of 18 and was first employed at the daughter school in Bochum and later for four years at the St. Leonhard School in Aachen. In 1882 she married the Aachen factory director Joseph Schmitz, with whom she had several children.

The literary historian P. Wilhelm Kreiten SJ encouraged the young woman to write, so that in 1895 her first book “What the flowers tell” was published under the pseudonym R. Fabri de Fabris. Extensive trips through Germany, the Netherlands and the north of France followed. After her husband died in 1897, the widow lived a very withdrawn life and devoted herself entirely to writing in addition to raising her children. Young girls' books, fairy tale books and novels were now published annually under their pseudonyms. The "wild caught volumes" in particular achieved high print runs. In 1922, "The Little Young Boy of Avalon, Story of a Youth" was awarded the Graf Schaffgotsch Prize of the Borromeo Association.

The author is known to have over 40 books. There are also numerous publications of stories and fairy tales in anthologies and magazines of the time, such as "The Grail".

Works

Under the pseudonym Angelika Harten

  • From the early childhood years. Story for young girls. Bachem, Cologne 1896.
  • Out in the world. A girl's story. Bachem, Cologne 1896.
  • Wild caught in the boarding school. Story for young girls. Bachem, Cologne 1897.
  • At the Wichtelborn. New fairy tales. Bachem, Cologne 1899.
  • From the tomboy bridal era. Told the young ladies. Bachem, Cologne, 1901.
  • Miss Übermeer. The story of a young girl. Bachem, Cologne 1901.
  • Crickets. A girl's story. Bachem, Cologne 1903.
  • At the solstice. New fairy tales. Cologne, Bachem 1904.
  • In the magic land. New fairy tales and stories. Cologne, Bachem 1905.
  • Swanhilde. The fairy tale of the good shepherd boy. Münchener Volksschriftenverlag, Munich 1906.
  • In the forest paradise. A story for the youth. Cologne, Bachem 1908.
  • From quiet people. Stories. Alber, Ravensburg 1908.
  • The gold marie. A small town story. 1909.


(also under the pseudonym R. Fabri de Fabris)

  • The water woman. Three fairy tales. Bachem, Cologne 1915.
  • The young child of Avalon. The story of a youth. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1922.
  • On the forest meadow. All kinds of stories and fairy tales for the little people. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1925.

Under the pseudonym R. Fabri de Fabris

  • What the flowers tell. Stories and pictures. Bachem, Cologne 1895.
  • Love and sorrow. Stories and pictures. 1898.
  • From the picture book of life. Stories. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 1899.
  • From the hiking road. Stories and pictures. Bachem, Cologne 1905.
  • Simple stories. Novelettes and sketches. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 1906.
  • In the change of life. Stories. Bachem, Cologne 1910.
  • Who wander and wander Novel . Alber, Ravensburg 1907.
  • From quiet people. Narrative. Alber, Ravensburg 1908.
  • Ruth Hergarten. A book about sunshine. Schnell, Warendorf 1911.
  • The juniper people. Novel. Bachem, Cologne 1912.
  • The ugly Waldemar. Stories and pictures from the hiking road. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer / Leipzig 1913.
  • Summer foliage. Narrative. Fredebeul & Koenen, Essen 1913.
  • Come back. Stories and pictures from the hiking road. Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer / Leipzig 1913.
  • In the early red. [Biographical story], in: Maria Köchling Hg .: Dichters Werden. 1919.
  • Destroyed happiness. Narrative. Edited by Johannes Mumbauer . Hausen, Saarlouis, 1919.
  • In the shadow of guilt. Novel. Benziger, Einsiedeln / Waldshut / Cologne / Strasbourg 1919.
  • Changes. Novel. Habbel, Regensburg 1923.
  • Between heaven and earth. Sketches. Berglandverlag, Elberfeld 1925.
  • Gradje. Novellas. Bergland-Verlag, Elberfeld 1926.

Unclear under which pseudonym appeared

  • Better white and stupid. Narrative. Limburg printing house, Limburg 1900.
  • The sniper and other war stories from Wallonia and Flanders. 1917.
  • Schnurri. Stories from children and kittens. Bachem, Cologne 1921.
  • The magic castle. Fairy tale. Bachem, Cologne 1921.
  • Susaseide, we ride across the heather. Poems. Bachem, Cologne 1921.
  • Princess thousand beautiful. Fairy tale. Bachem, Cologne 1921.

literature

  • Friedrich Wienstein (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Catholic German poets from the beginning of the Middle Ages to the present . Breer & Thiemann, Hamm iW 1899
  • EM Haman: R. Fabri de Fabris = Angelica Harten . In: Leo Tepe van Hemsteede: Poets' voices of the present . Feyel, Überlingen 1902
  • Karl Menne: Keiter's Catholic Literature Calendar : Fredebeul & Koenen, Essen 1910
  • Catholic literary calendar . Herder, Freiburg, Br. 1926
  • A small guide to contemporary Catholic literature . Borromeo Association, Bonn 1931
  • Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1937/38 . De Gruyter, Berlin 1938
  • Wilhelm Kosch: German Literature Lexicon . Francke, Bern 1956
  • Sophie Lange: The Eifel as the literary adopted home of three poets . In: Eifel yearbook . Eifelverein, Düren 1994
  • Gisela Wilkending (Ed.): Girls' literature from the imperial era . Metzler, Stuttgart 2003, pp. 308f., ISBN 3-476-01963-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the birth certificate, the birthday of February 26, 1858 stated in literary encyclopedias is not the day of birth, but the day of registration
  2. ↑ No copy can be found
  3. ↑ No copy can be found
  4. ↑ No copy can be found

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personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitz, Maria Magdalena Angelica Catharina; Harten, Angelika; R. Fabri de Fabris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuss
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1945
Place of death Kraschnitz