Thusnelda Henning-Hermann
Thusnelda Henning-Hermann , also Thusnelda Henning , (born May 31, 1877 in Kronstadt , Transylvania , † October 31, 1965 in Vienna ) was an Austrian poet .
Life
Thusnelda Henning-Hermann was the sister of the Transylvanian painter, graphic artist, draftsman and art educator Hans Hermann .
After marrying the Transylvanian doctor Carl Henning , she lived in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, widowed since 1917 . She often stayed in Transylvania . From her literary work, which also includes short stories and poems , her novel The Wooden Plow is of literary and cultural-historical importance. Henning-Hermann observed the events of the Romanian Revolution of 1848 , as they happened in the Schäßburg area, and drew a vivid picture of popular life, customs, but also the struggle for existence of the Transylvanian Saxons in a turbulent time.
Works
- 1936 The yard. A story from German Transylvania . (Book club Heimatland 29.) Krems an der Donau: Faber.
- 1962 years disappear - hours linger. Poems . Vienna: Verlag der Typographische Anstalt.
- 1977 The wooden plow. Chronicle of a Transylvanian family . Bucharest: Criterion.
literature
- Sutter Rotraut (1976). Transylvanian things in Austria's past and present . Innsbruck: Wagner. Pp. 69-71.
- Kartmann, A. (1992). "Thusnelda Henning-Hermann". In: Joachim Wittstock & Stefan Sienerth (eds.). Romanian German literature in the years 1918-1944 . Munich: Southeast German cultural work. Pp. 272-277.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henning-Hermann, Thusnelda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henning, Thusnelda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1965 |
| Place of death | Vienna |