Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
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Edition 5 (1931) Winner
Ricarda Huch
リカルダ・フフ
Rikaruda Huch
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1864-07-18 （Braunschweig）
- Died
- 1947-11-17 （Frankfurt） age 83
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Religion
- Lutheran
- Residence History
- Braunschweig → Zurich → Bremen → Vienna → Trieste → Munich → Switzerland → Berlin → Jena → Frankfurt
Career
- Occupations
- historian, novelist, poet, playwright
- Active Years
- 1891-1947
- Affiliations
- Preußische Akademie der Künste (resigned)
- Memberships
- Prussian Academy of Arts
- Influenced By
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Martin Luther
- Influenced
- Thomas Mann
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature nominee (1928, 1935, 1937, 1946)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Zurich | — | History | PhD | 1887-1892 | Switzerland |
University of Zurich
History
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1887-1892
Year of Graduation:
1892
Country:
Switzerland
Dissertation: The neutrality of the Confederation during the Spanish War of Succession
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | Goethe Prize | — | — | City of Frankfurt | 受賞 |
Goethe Prize
1931
Organization:
City of Frankfurt
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Blütezeit der Romantik
1899 HistoryStudy on the blossoming period of German Romanticism.
RomanticismRole of women
Der Dreißigjährige Krieg
1912 HistoryTrilogy on the Thirty Years' War.
WarGerman history
Wallenstein
1915 BiographyCharacter study of Albrecht von Wallenstein.
LeadershipUnification
Alte und neue Götter
1930 HistoryOn the German revolutions of 1848–49.
RevolutionFreedom
Bibliography
- Gedichte (1891)
- Erinnerungen von Ludolf Ursleu dem Jüngeren (1893)
- Blütezeit der Romantik (1899)
- Ausbreitung und Verfall der Romantik (1902)
- Der Dreißigjährige Krieg (1912-1914)
- Wallenstein (1915)
- Luthers Glaube (1916)
- Michael Bakunin und die Anarchie (1923)
- Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation (1934)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic imagination in historyFocus on character studiesEvocative imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- RomanticismNationalismResistanceCommunity
Legacy
Pioneering German intellectual, historian, and author who resisted the Nazis. Called 'the first lady of German letters' by Thomas Mann.
In Popular Culture
- Asteroid 879 Ricarda named after her
Trivia
- Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
- First woman invited to the Prussian Academy of Arts (later resigned).
- Resigned from the Academy in protest against the Nazis.