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Sigrid Früh (born May 18, 1935 near Ludwigsburg ; died December 7, 2016 in Fellbach ) was a German researcher and storyteller of myths and fairy tales .

Live and act

Sigrid Früh studied German and folklore in Tübingen and Zurich and devoted himself to the collection and publication of legends and fairy tales . Since the late 1970s she was involved in the founding of numerous institutions for the dissemination and research of fairy tales, such as the fairy tale days in Schorndorf , Witzenhausen , Weinstadt , Kronach and Fellbach . She was an active member of the European Fairy Tale Society and editor and author at the Königsfurt-Urania publishing house .

She compiled fairy tales from all parts of Europe and published them in the context of their country-specific or regional storytelling tradition or under selected topics such as women's fairy tales, fairy tales of mothers and daughters, fairy tales of death and new life or horse fairy tales. In addition to her research, lecturing and seminars, she also appeared as a narrator and campaigned for the preservation of the Swabian dialect. She published more than 60 books.

Awards

  • 1994 Friedrich E. Vogt Medal for services to the Swabian dialect in Aalen
  • 2003 Wildweibchenpreis of the community of Reichelsheim
  • 2004 Gertrud Hempel Volkserzähler Prize in Rheine
  • 2011 Sebastian Sailer Medal of the Culture Council of the Swabian Alb Association
  • 2013 Baden-Württemberg home medal

Works (selection)

  • Fairy tales of death and new life: for telling and reading. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2014. ISBN 978-3-8682-6053-3 .
  • Fairy tales of gardens: For telling and reading. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2013. ISBN 978-3-8682-6038-0 .
  • Fairy tales of witches and wise women: For telling and reading. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2012. ISBN 978-3-8682-6034-2 .
  • Horse fairy tales: For telling and reading. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2012. ISBN 978-3-8682-6038-0 .
  • Fairy tale journey through southern Germany. Fairy tales to be told and read aloud. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2012. ISBN 978-3-8682-6028-1 .
  • Fairy tale journey through Northern Germany. Fairy tales to be told and read aloud. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 2012. ISBN 978-3-8682-6027-4 .
  • Mysterious winter and Christmas time. Fairy tales, legends, customs and songs from Martini to Candlemas. Timon Verlag, Hamburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-9383-3515-4 .
  • 's Menschelet: Swabian stories and poems. Silberburg, Tübingen 2004. ISBN 978-3-8740-7539-8 .
  • Rauhnächte: fairy tales, customs, superstition. Stendel, Waiblingen 1998. ISBN 3-926-78924-7
  • The woman in the fairy tale. Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch 1985. ISBN 3-876-80339-X
  • The elements of life. Fairy tales, customs, superstition. Stendel, Waiblingen ISBN 3-926789-33-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sigrid breakfast at Köingsfurt Urania . Retrieved April 25, 2018
  2. ^ Obituary by Dirk Herrmann. Stuttgarter Zeitung of December 7, 2016. Accessed April 26, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Morning, Sigrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German researcher of legends and fairy tales
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH near Ludwigsburg
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2016
Place of death Fellbach