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Margarete Neumann

まるがれーて・のいまん

Marugarēte Noiman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1917-02-19 (Pyritz (now Pyrzyce), Pomerania, German Empire)
Died
2002-03-04 (Rostock) age 85
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Pyritz → Königsberg → Heilsberg → Mecklenburg → Halle (Saale) → Hohen Neuendorf → Neubrandenburg → Sousse, Tunisia → Rostock

Career

Occupations
writer, lyrical poet, social educator, welfare worker, farmer, welder
Active Years
1955-1990

Education

Social Educational Seminar in Königsberg
Social Education
Country: Germany

Awards

Heinrich Mann Prize
1957
Organization: East German Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Fritz Reuter Prize
1962
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Der Weg über den Acker

1955 Novel

The road across the field.

Lene Bastians Geschichte

1956 Novellas

Lene Bastian's History.

Brot auf hölzerner Schale

1959 Poems

Bread from the Wooden Bowl.

Der Totengräber

1963 Novel

The Dead Graves.

Die Liebenden

1970 Novel

The Beloved.

Bibliography

  • Der Weg über den Acker (The road across the field, 1955)
  • Lene Bastians Geschichte (Lene Bastian's History, 1956)
  • Der lange Weg (The Long Way, 1958)
  • Brot auf hölzerner Schale (Bread from the Wooden Bowl, 1959)
  • Elisabeth (1960)
  • Rumpelstilzchen (1960)
  • Das Aprikosenbäumchen (The Little Apricot Tree, 1960)
  • Der Wunderbaum (The Wonder Tree, 1960)
  • Der Spiegel (The Mirror, 1962)
  • Der Totengräber (The Dead Graves, 1963)
  • ... und sie liebten sich doch (1966)
  • Die Liebenden (The Beloved, 1970)
  • Der grüne Salon (The Green Salon, 1972)
  • Magda Adomeit (1985)
  • Land der grüngoldenen Berge: Unterwegs in Mongolien (1986)
  • Dies ist mein Leben ... (This is my Life ..., 1987)
  • Nach einem sehr langen Winter (After a very long Winter, 1989)
  • Der Geistkämpfer. 2 Novellen um Barlach (The Ghost Fighter. 2 Novellas about Barlach, 1990)
  • Da Abend und Morgen einander berühren Die Webers und die Adomeits (1990)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
socialist realism

Health

  • cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Known as a writer and lyrical poet of socialist realism in East Germany, active as a partisan writer.

Trivia

  • After the Wende, she lived in Tunisia for 10 years.
  • Her grave is in Mallin.