Torah Thyselius
Thora Thyselius also Thora Behrens-Thyselius (born June 19, 1911 in Brake (Unterweser) ; † March 8, 1991 ibid) was a German author who published mainly in Low German .
Life
Thyselius grew up in the Wesermarsch , but spent part of her childhood on the Mellersee in Sweden . Her father was a shipowner and Swedish consul , her mother came from East Frisia . She attended the Lyceum and the secondary school in Brake . In 1931 she passed her school leaving examination and a year later married the elementary school teacher Edo Behrens , who went missing in Russia in 1944 during World War II .
Thyselius began writing Low German stories even before the war. After 1945 she worked as a freelance writer and published stories , short stories and novels as well as plays and radio plays , which were produced between 1954 and 1977 for NDR , Radio Bremen and WDR .
The author lived in her hometown of Brake and had two sons.
Honors
- 1965 Fritz Reuter Prize from the Carl Toepfer Foundation FVS
Works
In Low German
- Heink Stüür , game in three trips, Quickborn-Verlag , Hamburg 1949
- Möhl up de Höcht ... , Heiteres Heimatspiel, Hermes Verlag, Hamburg 1950
- Deerns ower veertig! , Low German comedy in 3 acts, Quickborn-Verlag, Hamburg 1950
- Dude and Gerold , history game, self-published, Brake (Unterweser) 1954
- Scharpe Eck , Schwankhafter Komödie or comedy-like Schwank, self-published, Brake (Unterweser) 1955
- Tant van't Siel , publishing house of the Fehrs-Gilde , Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel 1962
- Dat Sunnenhuus , Verlag der Fehrs-Gilde, Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel 1965
- Daudruppen , Verlag der Fehrs-Gilde, Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel 1975, ISBN 3-87849-009-7
- De gode partie , funny one-act act, Karl Mahnke Theaterverlag, Verden 1983
- Twee von de Venus , radio play in three trips, Karl Mahnke Theaterverlag, Verden 1985
In standard German
- Between heaven and hell , historical novel, 1949
- Will and Work , historical novel, 1952
- Snow Queen , Christmas Tale, 1953
- Little Glory , Historical Short Stories, 1966
- Ebbe und Flut , factual novel , 1987
Radio plays
- 1955: Keen Grund un Bodden. Low German radio play - Director: Günter Jansen ( NWDR Hamburg )
- 1957: Morning glory. Low German radio play - Director: Günter Jansen ( NDR )
- 1959: Allen's blots Schören (shards). Hörspeel ut uns' Tiet - Director: Hans Tügel (NDR)
- 1962: Fischernetten - Director: Günther Siegmund (NDR / RB )
- 1965: Sophie 7. Low German radio play - Editing and direction: Rudolf Beiswanger ( original radio play , NDR)
- 1967: Siene gray stunne - Director: Wolfram Rosemann ( WDR )
- 1969: De Pietsch. Low German radio play - Director: Heini Kaufeld (original radio play, NDR)
- 1970: Elkeen för sick. Low German radio play - Director: Jochen Schenck (original radio play, NDR)
- 1972: Trallen. Low German radio play - Director: Jochen Rathmann (original radio play, NDR)
- 1973: Nothing to work. Cheerful Low German radio play - Director: Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum (original radio play, NDR)
- 1977: De sülvern Mööw. Low German radio play - Director: Hans Helge Ott (original radio play, RB / NDR)
- 1983: Von de Leev and von de See. Low German radio play - Director: Wolfgang Rostock (RB / NDR)
literature
- Low German storytellers and Low German tales of the present , eds. Johann Diedrich Bellmann and Wolfgang Lindow , Wachholtz Verlag , Neumünster 1968
Web links
- Low German: "From the life of the Torah Thyselius" In: NWZ ONLINE from May 17, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Hansen: Thora Thyselius on Niederdeutsche-literatur.de, accessed on July 24, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thyselius, Torah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Behrens-Thyselius, Torah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brake (Lower Weser) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1991 |
| Place of death | Brake (Lower Weser) |