Rose Lesser
Rose Lesser (born March 24, 1908 in Berlin ; † January 22, 2002 in Tokyo ) was a German author.
Life
Rose Lesser was born in Berlin and grew up in Hameln. In 1929 she emigrated to Japan. In 1933 she married the geobotanist Kenji Takahashi ( 高橋 健 治 ; 1903–1947). At first she worked at IG Farben in Kobe , at the Winckler & Co trading company in Nagoya, and with the director Arnold Fanck . Lesser was the founder of the Japanese-Korean Friendship Society. In 1956 she was honored by NHK for her efforts to achieve international understanding. She taught foreign languages at Hōsei University and Nihon University in Tokyo. She was also the founder of More Joy, an NPO to promote mutual understanding and friendship among young people. She published several books about the Japanese mountains, snowy landscapes, the country and the people.
Her motto was: "Man has only two enemies: ignorance and indifference at home and outside."
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (January 28, 1999)
Works
- 1957: The peculiarity of the Japanese Alps the Japanese Farmer's New Year . OAG, 1957
- 1981: Typhoon and… . More Joy
- 1986: Bokushi Suzuki, Jeffrey Hunter: Snow country tales: life in the other Japan . Weatherhill, ISBN 978-0-8348-0210-0
- 1990: And then… . More Joy
Web links
- Japan Times: Obituary: Rose Lesser, January 26, 2002 (accessed April 4, 2011)
- Japanese Memory: Lesser, Rose (1908-2002) (accessed March 12, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lesser, rose |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Japanese author and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 2002 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |