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Elisabeth Langgässer

エリザベート・ラングゲッサー

Elisabeth Langgaesser

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1899-02-23 （Alzey, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire）
死没
1950-07-25 （Karlsruhe, West Germany） 51歳
国籍
German
言語
German
宗教
Roman Catholic
居住地歴
Alzey (birthplace) → Darmstadt (education) → Berlin (from 1929, professional/literary activity) → Karlsruhe (place of death)

経歴

職業
Writer, Poet, Teacher, Journalist
活動期間
1924年〜1950年
所属
Member of the Reich Chamber of Literature (Reichsschrifttumskammer) (1930s), Association of Science and Literature in Mainz
所属団体
Reich Chamber of Literature (Reichsschrifttumskammer), Association of Science and Literature in Mainz
影響を受けた人物
Paul Claudel, Georges Bernanos, Wilhelm Lehmann

学歴

Viktoriaschule (Darmstadt)
Teacher training / girls' school curriculum
期間: 1910年代（詳細不明）
国: Germany
After graduating from Viktoriaschule she undertook one year of teacher training and taught at Hessian elementary schools from 1920.

受賞歴

Literary Prize of the German Citizens' Association
1931
主催: German Citizens' Association
結果: 受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
1950
対象作品: for her overall literary achievement
主催: Georg Büchner Prize committee
結果: 死後授与

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Der Wendekreis des Lammes (The Tropic of the Lamb)

1924年 Poetry

Early cycle of poems exploring nature and themes of Christian redemption; formative for her later religious poetry.

naturereligious redemptionloss and regeneration

Proserpina

1932年 Narrative / novella

A 'childhood myth' with autobiographical elements, interweaving childhood memories and myth to depict cycles of growth and decay.

mythchildhoodfemale fate

Der Gang durch das Ried (The Walk Through the Ried)

1936年 Novel

A novel linking themes of memory loss and redemption; the protagonist Aladin seeks identity and finds meaning through acts of love and care.

memoryredemptionidentity

Das unauslöschliche Siegel (The Indelible Seal)

1946年 Novel

A novel centered on baptism and faith as means of salvation; structured as a history-of-salvation narrative confronting human fallenness and divine grace.

religionbaptismsalvation

Der Torso

1947年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories reflecting wartime and postwar experiences; includes pieces such as 'Saisonbeginn' that confront persecution and the scars of war.

war and persecutionforgivenesseveryday violence

全著作

  • Der Wendekreis des Lammes (Poems), 1924
  • Proserpina, 1932
  • Triptychon des Teufels (Triptych of the Devil), 1932
  • Die Tierkreisgedichte (The Zodiac Poems), 1935
  • Der Gang durch das Ried, 1936
  • Rettung am Rhein. Drei Schicksalsläufe, 1938
  • Das unauslöschliche Siegel, 1946
  • Der Laubmann und die Rose, 1947
  • Der Torso, 1947
  • Das Labyrinth, 1949
  • Märkische Argonautenfahrt, 1950
  • Collected Works (5 vols), 1959–1964 (posthumous)

作品の翻訳

  • Some works have been translated into English and other languages; comprehensive translation data varies by source.

作風・主題

文体
lyrical, symbolist 'nature magic' (Naturmagie) styledevelopment of a 'Christian mystery poem' formallegorical and symbolic prose style
頻出モチーフ
nature and its chthonic forcesredemption and divine gracemythic figures and seasonal cyclesmemory and search for identity

健康

  • Multiple sclerosis
    1940年代後半〜1950（死去まで）
    Her health deteriorated in the late 1940s due to multiple sclerosis, significantly affecting her work and life; she died in 1950.

評価・遺産

Langgässer created a unique literary world blending nature poetry and Christian themes and became an important postwar German literary voice. Her short stories addressing persecution and wartime experiences are significant in postwar literary education. The city of Alzey established a literature prize in her name.

関連学会

  • Association of Science and Literature in Mainz

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings in the German National Library and other archives
  • Publication of her letters edited by her husband (1954) and later editions by descendants

大衆文化への影響

  • The Langgässer bench in Alzey and commemorative local events
  • Elisabeth Langgässer Literature Prize (awarded by the city of Alzey every three years since 1988)

引用

  • “My great novels are not written in prose at all, but rather in a suspended rhythm.”
    出典: Letter to Wilhelm Lehmann, 1947 (1947年)

豆知識

  • Her daughter Cordelia, considered Jewish under Nazi law, was deported to concentration camps but later returned after an exchange to Sweden.
  • She was posthumously awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1950.
  • The city of Alzey awards the Elisabeth Langgässer Literature Prize every three years since 1988.