Mathilde Prager

Mathilde Prager , pseudonym Erich Holm, (born January 3, 1844 as Mathilde Lucca or Lucka in Prague , † February 7, 1921 in Vienna ) was an Austrian literary scholar , narrator and translator .

Life and works

Mathilde Prager, daughter of the Marienbad doctor Dr. Lucca, married Prof. MJ Prager in 1872 and soon widowed. She lived in Vienna and worked as a literary critic and translator. After some translations from English, Prager devoted himself to Scandinavian and mainly translated the works of the Danish literary historian Georg Brandes as well as a volume of short stories by August Strindberg .

Prager worked for the magazine for literature at home and abroad , for the Neue Freie Presse , Gegenwart , Neue Revue , Nation and others. In addition, Prague wrote his own short stories and fairy tale games as well as literary writings on Henrik Ibsen's political legacy and studies on his last four dramas.

Publications

• Several articles as Erich Holm in Neues Frauenleben
• Strindberg, August: Believer. Tragic comedy in 1 act . German by Erich Holm (etc.). Leipzig undated (signature of the ÖNB: 410.411-A.Per.4103)
• Strindberg, August: New Novellas / By A. Strindberg. Translated by Erich Holm. Schottlaender, Breslau 1890 (signature of the ÖNB: 1703481-B)
• Strindberg, August: The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven or Sanct Peter's Walk on Earth . Fairy tale game in 5 acts. Authorized translation ... by Erich Holm. Bloch, Berlin 1893 (signature of the ÖNB: 844.700-B)
• Henrik Ibsen's political legacy . Studies on the four last dramas by the poet by Erich Holm (pseud.). Wr. Verl., Vienna 1906 (signature of the ÖNB: 444.804-B)
• Henrik Ibsen's political legacy . Studies on the last four dramas by the poet by Erich Holm. 2nd Edition. Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig 1910 (signature of the ÖNB: 498.562-B)
• Brandes, Georg; Miniatures . (translated into German by Erich Holm (d. i. Mathilde Prager)). Erich Reiss, Berlin 1919 (signature of the ÖNB: 531659-B)
• Brandes, Georg: The tragedy part two. The peace treaty . (translated into German by Erich Holm (d. i. Mathilde Prager)). Gotha 1920 (signature of the ÖNB: 531248-B.4)
• Strindberg, August: The romantic sexton on Ranö . Authorized translation by Erich Holm. Leipzig 1921 (signature of the ÖNB: 508.637-B.Per.288)
• Strindberg, August: Archipelago people . Authorized transfer from Erich Holm. Leipzig 1921 (signature of the ÖNB: 508.637-B.Per.332)
• Brandes, Georg: Goethe . (translated into German by Erich Holm (d. i. Mathilde Prager) and Emilie Stein). 2nd Edition. Erich Reiss, Berlin 1922 (signature of the ÖNB: 540984-B)
• Further translations:
  • Jonas Lie: Thomas Ross and A Maelstrom
  • Werner von Heidenstam: Endymion
  • Clara Tschudi: Eugenie, Empress of the French
  • August Strindberg: The people on Hemsö

literature

• Karin Bang: Den oversete oversaetter (Mathilde Prager). In: KVINFO Forum Forsknin. Ariadne special list: FIB.
• Karin Bang: Mathilde Prager and Georg Brandes. In: Text & Context 26. No. 1, 2004, pp. 119-134.
• Karin Bang: Mathilde Prager: tolk for tidens store mænd. (= Scrifter from CØNK. Volume 2). Forl. Hovedland, Højbjerg 2004.
• Karin Bang: Mathilde Prager: Voice of the greats of her time. (= Interrelationships between Austria and the north. Volume 10). Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2006.
• Ludwig Eisenberg, Richard Groner: The spiritual Vienna: artist and writer lexicon . Vienna 1889–1893.
• Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 .
• Hans Giebisch, L. Pichler, Kurt Vancsa: Small Austrian Literature Lexicon . Vienna 1948.
• Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century. Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 .
• Nigg, Marianne: Biographies of Austrian Poets and Writers: A Contribution to German Literature in Austria . Korneuburg, 1893
• Marianne Nigg: Biographies of Austrian Poets and Writers. A contribution to German literature in Austria. Korneuburg 1893.
• Prager, Mrs. Mathilde . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 151 ( digitized version ).
• Christian Zolles: Jewish converts and writers. Seminar work WS 2003/2004.

Web links

• Mathilde Prager in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library