Roswitha Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1980) Winner
Rose Ausländer
ローゼ・アウスレンダー
Rōze Ausurendā
Aliases:
Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1901-05-11 （Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary）
- Died
- 1988-01-03 （Düsseldorf, West Germany） age 86
- Nationality
- German, US
- Languages
- German, English, Yiddish, Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Czernowitz/Cernăuți/Chernivtsi → Vienna → Minneapolis → New York City → Bucharest → Paris → Düsseldorf
Career
- Occupations
- poet, newspaper editor, bank clerk, foreign correspondent
- Active Years
- 1921-1986
- Influenced By
- Constantin Brunner, Paul Celan, Marianne Moore, Hölderlin, Trakl
- Influenced
- Paul Celan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cernăuți University | — | Literature and Philosophy | — | 1919 | Romania |
Cernăuți University
Literature and Philosophy
Period:
1919
Country:
Romania
Left university after father's death in 1920
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | — | — | Federal Republic of Germany | 受賞 |
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Organization:
Federal Republic of Germany
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Blinder Sommer
1965 modern poetryHer first book since 1939, enthusiastically received
homelandshoahlovedeath
Bibliography
- Der Regenbogen (The Rainbow, 1939)
- Blinder Sommer (Blind Summer, 1965)
- Brief aus Rosen (Letter from Rosa)
- Das Schönste (The most beautiful)
- Denn wo ist Heimat? (Then Where is the Homeland?)
- Die Musik ist zerbrochen (The Music is Broken)
Translations of Works
- Poems of Rose Auslander. An Ark of Stars (English, 1989)
- Dánta le Rose Ausländer (Irish, 2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- expressionismNeue Sachlichkeitmodern poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- naturehomelandshoahlove and death
Health
-
arthritis1978年以降Bedridden, dictated her texts until 1986
Legacy
Jewish German-language poet from Bukovina, survivor of Holocaust ghetto, authored over 3000 poems on homeland, exile, Judaism, love, aging, death
Archives
- Leo Baeck Institute, New York
In Popular Culture
- Influenced Paul Celan's 'Todesfuge' with 'black milk' image
Quotes
-
Wer bin ich / wenn ich nicht schreibe? (Who am I / if not writing?)
Source: Her poems
Trivia
- Met Paul Celan in Czernowitz ghetto
- Friendship with Marianne Moore