Thea Leitner

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Thea Leitner b. Knappe (born June 2, 1921 in Vienna ; † August 12, 2016 ) was an Austrian author and journalist living in Vienna .

Life

Thea Leitner began studying painting , art history and languages after graduating from high school and one year of labor service . After completing her studies, she first worked as a journalist and then as a writer. In 1941 she passed the small interpreting test in French at the University of Vienna .

In spring 1942 she married her childhood friend Willy and gave birth to daughter Verena in 1944. When her husband returned from American captivity, the marriage ended in divorce. The couple had grown apart and the confident young woman was working, which her husband disliked. After her divorce, she married the lawyer and later publicist Sebastian Leitner in 1950 , with whom she lived in Vienna until his death (1989); Thea Leitner herself continued to live in Vienna afterwards.

Works (selection)

Leitner wrote numerous books for children and young people. Her first bestseller came with the non-fiction book Habsburg Daughters Sold . For this book she received the Golden Book for over 50,000 copies sold.

  • Grains up close. A picture of life. Danubia-Verlag, Vienna 1952.
  • The picture book from the farm. Betz, Wien et al. 1979, ISBN 3-7641-0145-8 (In English: The busy little farm. Translated and adapted by Julia Bright. Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth 1979, ISBN 0-7226-5600-9 ; in Swedish: Sebastian bor på en bondgård, Svensk text av Marianne Eriksson, Rabén & Sjögren, Stockholm 1979).
  • Habsburgs sold daughters. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-8000-3248-1 (numerous editions).
  • Scandal at court. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-8000-3492-1 (numerous editions).
  • The men in the shadow , Ueberreuter, Vienna 1995
  • Habsburg's Golden Brides. Power through dowry. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-8000-3782-3 .
  • Chicken coop and Nobel Ball. 1938-1955. Life in war and peace. Ueberreuter, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-3927-3 (autobiographical).

Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stories for children and about imperial daughters . In: Die Presse of August 26, 2016, accessed June 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Thea Leitner in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at
  3. ↑ City Hall correspondence of May 7, 2003 (accessed December 17, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Leitner, Thea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knappe, Thea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2016