Annemarie Reinhard
Encyclopedia
Annemarie Reinhard (November 29, 1921 - November 10, 1976) was a German
writer
.
. After her finishing high school, she worked as a tailor
. She joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
in 1948. A friendship connected her with Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø
. She began in 1949 to publish her literary works. Together with her husband, the writer Götz Gode, she lived in Dresden until her death.
Annemarie Reinhard wrote novel
s and narrative
s for adults and children. Her novel Treibgut dealt with the fate of two refugee orphans after World War II
, Tag im Nebel is the history of an escape from the French Foreign Legion
and Flucht aus Hohenwaldau is themed around the state organized Nazi eugenics
during the Third Reich.
Annemarie Reinhard was a member of the Schriftstellerverband of East Germany and functioned as chairwoman of the Bezirk Dresden association from 1956. She would receive the 1960 Heinrich Mann Prize
and the 1964 Martin Andersen Nexö Kunstpreis of the City of Dresden.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
Life
Annemarie Reinhard was born in DresdenDresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. After her finishing high school, she worked as a tailor
Tailor
A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers,...
. She joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology...
in 1948. A friendship connected her with Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø
Martin Andersen Nexø
Martin Andersen Nexø was a Danish writer. He was the first significant Danish author to depict the working class in his writings, and the first great Danish socialist, later communist, writer.-Biography:...
. She began in 1949 to publish her literary works. Together with her husband, the writer Götz Gode, she lived in Dresden until her death.
Annemarie Reinhard wrote novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s and narrative
Narrative
A narrative is a constructive format that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events. The word derives from the Latin verb narrare, "to recount", and is related to the adjective gnarus, "knowing" or "skilled"...
s for adults and children. Her novel Treibgut dealt with the fate of two refugee orphans after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Tag im Nebel is the history of an escape from the French Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
and Flucht aus Hohenwaldau is themed around the state organized Nazi eugenics
Nazi eugenics
Nazi eugenics were Nazi Germany's racially-based social policies that placed the improvement of the Aryan race through eugenics at the center of their concerns...
during the Third Reich.
Annemarie Reinhard was a member of the Schriftstellerverband of East Germany and functioned as chairwoman of the Bezirk Dresden association from 1956. She would receive the 1960 Heinrich Mann Prize
Heinrich Mann Prize
The Heinrich Mann Prize is a literary award given annually by the Berlin Academy of Art . The prize given for works with socially critical aspects in a character that would honor Heinrich Mann...
and the 1964 Martin Andersen Nexö Kunstpreis of the City of Dresden.
Works
- Treibgut, Dresden 1949
- Wegweiser, Dresden 1952
- In den Sommer hinein, Dresden 1953
- Tag im Nebel, Berlin 1958
- Sieben Körner Reis, Berlin 1960
- Brigitte macht die Probe, Berlin 1963
- Flucht aus Hohenwaldau, Berlin 1970
- Ferien beim Rattenfänger, Berlin 1980
- Genossenschaftsbauern - "Helden der Arbeit", Wegbereiter des neuen Lebens, 1953 with Walter Stranka
External links
- Literature by and on Annemarie Reinhard in the Catlog of the German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...