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Christine Lavant

クリスティーネ・ラヴァント

Kurisutīne Ravanto

Aliases: Christine Thonhauser / Christine Habernig

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1915-07-04 (Großedling (today part of Wolfsberg), Lavant Valley, Carinthia, Austria)
Died
1973-06-07 (Wolfsberg, Austria) age 57
Nationality
Austria
Languages
German
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Wolfsberg → Klagenfurt

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist
Active Years
1945-1973
Influenced By
Rainer Maria Rilke

Education

Volksschule
Primary education
Period: 1921-1929(中断あり)
Year of Graduation: 1929
Country: Austria
Continual interruptions due to health issues

Awards

Georg Trakl Prize
1954
Organization: Austrian literary award organization
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1964
Result: 受賞
Georg Trakl Prize
1964
Organization: Austrian literary award organization
Result: 受賞
Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature
1970
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Child

Novella

Details unknown. One of the first publications after WWII

Style & Themes

Literary Style
almost mystically religiousarchaic

Health

  • Scrofula (Tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis)
    新生児期
    Affected breast, neck and face, nearly went blind
  • Pneumonia
    3歳から定期的に
    Contracted regularly from age three, treated as nonviable but survived
  • Middle ear infection
    幼少期後半
    Left a single-sided hearing impairment
  • Major depression
    1930年代初頭
    Focused on painting and writing despite it, but manuscript rejected
  • Health breakdown
    1964年以降
    Required hospital treatment

Legacy

Austrian poet and novelist whose poems have been described as almost mystically religious and archaic. Influences from Rilke and Christianity noted.

In Popular Culture

  • Memorial plaque at the poets stones grove in Zammelsberg, Weitensfeld, Carinthia