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Luise Rinser

ルイーゼ・リンザー

Ruīze Rinzā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1911-04-30 (Pitzling, Landsberg am Lech)
Died
2002-03-17 (Unterhaching (Munich)) age 90
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Munich → Rome → Rocca di Papa → Unterhaching

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, teacher, journalist
Active Years
1940-2002
Influenced By
Franz Seitz

Education

Volksschule in Munich
General
Country: Germany
Scored high marks

Awards

René Schickele-Preis
1952
Result: 受賞
Christophorus-Buchpreis
1975
Organization: Christophorus-Stiftung
Result: 受賞
Großes Verdienstkreuz
1977
Organization: Verdienstorden der Bundes共和国 Deutschland
Result: 受賞
Roswitha-Gedenkmedaille
1979
Organization: Bad Gandersheim
Result: 受賞
Johannes Bobrowski-Medaille
1985
Organization: CDU der DDR
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Heine Prize
1987
Organization: Ministerium für Kultur der DDR
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
1987
Organization: Akademie der Künste der DDR
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gefängnistagebuch

1946 Autobiography

Prison journal, postwar bestseller.

warimprisonmenthumanity
Translations
  • Prison Journal

Bibliography

  • Hochebene (1948)
  • Die Stärkeren (1948)
  • Nina (1956 Eng.)
  • A Woman's Prison Journal (1988)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realisticintrospective
Recurring Motifs
guiltredemptionfaith

Legacy

Prominent German novelist known for novels and stories, critic of Catholic Church.

Trivia

  • Imprisoned by Nazis but had early Nazi ties revealed posthumously.
  • Married composer Carl Orff.
  • Visited and praised North Korea multiple times.