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Hilde Spiel

ヒルデ・シュピール

Hirude Shupīru

Pen Names: Grace HanshawPen name, Jean LenoirPen name

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1911-10-19 (Vienna)
Died
1990-11-30 (Vienna) age 79
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German, English
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Vienna → London → Berlin → St. Wolfgang

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist
Active Years
1933-1990
Affiliations
Austrian PEN Centre, Grazer Autorenversammlung, German Academy for Language and Literature
Memberships
Austrian PEN Centre, International PEN, Grazer Autorenversammlung, German Academy for Language and Literature
Influenced By
Moritz Schlick
Influenced
Thomas Bernhard, Heimito von Doderer

Education

University of Vienna
Faculty of Philosophy / Philosophy
Degree: 博士号
Period: 不明
Year of Graduation: 1936
Country: Austria
Studied under Moritz Schlick

Awards

Julius Reich Prize
1934
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1962
Category: 1等
Result: 受賞
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
1972
Result: 受賞
Golden Order of Merit for Services to the State of Vienna
1972
Result: 受賞
Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism
1976
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: 受賞
Johann Heinrich Merck Prize
1981
Result: 受賞
Ernst Robert Curtius Prize
1986
Result: 受賞
Goethe Medal
1990
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fanny von Arnstein oder Die Emanzipation

1962 Biography

Biography of Fanny von Arnstein, a daughter of the Enlightenment.

EnlightenmentEmancipationEuropean cultural history

Bibliography

  • Kati auf der Brücke
  • Verwirrung am Wolfgangsee
  • Fanny von Arnstein or the Emancipation
  • Return to Vienna

Translations by Author

  • Graham Greene: Could We Borrow Your Husband?
  • Tom Stoppard: Travesties

Translations of Works

  • Alfred Schmeller: Cubism

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Crystal-clear, straightforward stylePoetical and analytical precision
Recurring Motifs
Heimat and exileViennaEuropean cities

Health

  • Nervous disposition
    幼少期
    Nervous child

Legacy

Austrian writer and journalist who received numerous awards and honours, known for her exile and return experiences.

Archives

  • Austrian National Library

In Popular Culture

  • Hilde-Spiel-Gasse in Liesing, Vienna
  • Hilde-Spiel-Weg in St. Wolfgang

Trivia

  • Born into an assimilated Jewish family that converted to Catholicism
  • Citation style needs improvement on English Wikipedia