Marie Luise Kaschnitz
Marie Luise Kaschnitz (born Marie Luise von Holzing-Berslett; 31 January 1901 – 10 October 1974) was a German short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet. She is considered to be one of the leading post-war German poets.[1]
Biography
She was born in Karlsruhe. She married archaeologist Guido Freiherr Von Kaschnitz-Weinberg (the author of The Mediterranean Foundations of Ancient Art) in 1925, and travelled with him on archaeological expeditions.
She received high praise for her short stories, many of which were inspired by events in her life, complemented by her personal reminiscences. These stories were collected in books such as Orte and Engelsbrücke. She enjoyed travel greatly and her tales make use of diverse settings. They are thoughtful in nature, rather than eventful, often dealing with particular stages in a woman's life or a relationship. Her main collection is Lange Schatten ("Long Shadows"). Her favorite story was 1961's "Das dicke Kind".
Her post-war essay collection in Menschen und Dinge 1945 established her reputation in Germany. Her poems dealt with the war and the early post-war period, often expressing a yearning for a peaceful past, but also hope for the future. In the volume Dein Schweigen – meine Stimme she dealt with the death of her husband. After 1960 she became influenced by Pablo Neruda.
She briefly taught poetics at the University of Frankfurt. She was a member of PEN. She won many prizes, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 1955[2] and the Roswitha Prize in 1973. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 and 1967.[3][4] She died, aged 73, in Rome. The Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize is named in her honor.
Works
- Liebe beginnt (1988) – novel
- Elissa (1988) – novel
- Griechische Mythen (1988) – Greek myths
- Menschen und Dinge 1988. Zwölf Essays (1988) – essays
- Gedichte (1947) – poetry
- Totentanz und Gedichte zur Zeit (1947) – a play and poetry
- Gustave Courbet. Roman eines Malerlebens (also: Die Wahrheit, nicht der Traum) (1950) – novel
- Zukunftsmusik (1950) – poetry
- Ewige Stadt (1952) – poetry about Rome
- Das dicke Kind (1952) – short stories
- Engelsbrücke. Römische Betrachtungen (1955) – reflections
- Das Haus der Kindheit (1956) – novel
- Der Zöllner Matthäus (1956) – radio play (script)
- Lange Schatten (1960) – short stories
- Ein Gartenfest (1961) – radio play (script)
- Dein Schweigen – meine Stimme (1962) – poetry
- Hörspiele (1962) – radio plays
- Einer von zweien (1962)
- Wohin denn ich : Aufzeichnungen (1963) – reflections
- Überallnie (1965) – selected poems
- Ein Wort weiter (1965) – poetry
- Ferngespräche (1966) – short stories
- Beschreibung eines Dorfes (1966) – experimental novel
- Tage, Tage, Jahre (1968) – reflections
- Vogel Rock. Unheimliche Geschichten (1969) – stories
- Steht noch dahin (1970) – autobiographical reflections
- Zwischen Immer und Nie. Gestalten und Themen der Dichtung (1971) – essays on poetry
- Gespräche im All (1971) – radio plays
- Eisbären (1972) – selected stories
- Kein Zauberspruch (1972) – poems 1962–1972
- Gesang vom Menschenleben (1974) – poetry
- Florens. Eichendorffs Jugend (1974)
- Der alte Garten. Ein modernes Märchen (1975)
- Orte (1975) – autobiographical reflections
- Die drei Wanderer (1980) – ballad
- Jennifers Träume. Unheimliche Geschichten (1984) – stories
- Notizen der Hoffnung (1984) – essays
- Orte und Menschen (1986) – reflections, posthumous
- Menschen und Dinge (1986) – reflections, posthumous
- Liebesgeschichten (ed. E. Borchers) (1986) – love stories
- Tagebücher aus den Jahren 1936–1966 (2000) – diaries
British/American editions
- The House of Childhood (Das Haus der Kindheit)
- Circe's Mountain – story selections
- Whether or Not (Steht noch dahin)
- Selected Later Poems of Marie Luise Kaschnitz (ed. Lisel Mueller)
- Long Shadows (Lange Schatten)
Notes
- ^ Marian Arkin, Barbara Shollar. Longman anthology of world literature by women, 1875–1975. Longman Series in College Composition and Communication Series. Longman, 1989. Page 389.
- ^ "Marie Luise Kaschnitz". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Nomination archive – Marie Luise Kaschnitz nobelprize.org
- ^ "Forteckning over forslag till 1967 ars Nobelpris i litteratur" (PDF). Swedish Academy (Svenska akademien). Retrieved 13 January 2018.
External links
- German site on Kaschnitz
- author page at Lyrikline.org, with audio and text. (in German)
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- 1923 Adam Karrillon and Arnold Mendelssohn
- 1924 Alfred Bock and Paul Thesing
- 1925 Wilhelm Michel and Rudolf Koch
- 1926 Christian Heinrich Kleukens and Wilhelm Petersen
- 1927 Kasimir Edschmid and Johannes Bischoff
- 1928 Richard Hoelscher and Well Habicht
- 1929 Carl Zuckmayer and Adam Antes
- 1930 Nikolaus Schwarzkopf and Johannes Lippmann
- 1931 Alexander Posch and Hans Simon
- 1932 Albert H. Rausch and Adolf Bode
- 1933–1944 not given
- 1945 Hans Schiebelhuth
- 1946 Fritz Usinger
- 1947 Anna Seghers
- 1948 Hermann Heiss
- 1949 Carl Gunschmann
- 1950 Elisabeth Langgässer
- 1951 Gottfried Benn
- 1952 not given
- 1953 Ernst Kreuder
- 1954 Martin Kessel
- 1955 Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- 1956 Karl Krolow
- 1957 Erich Kästner
- 1958 Max Frisch
- 1959 Günter Eich
- 1960 Paul Celan
- 1961 Hans Erich Nossack
- 1962 Wolfgang Koeppen
- 1963 Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- 1964 Ingeborg Bachmann
- 1965 Günter Grass
- 1966 Wolfgang Hildesheimer
- 1967 Heinrich Böll
- 1968 Golo Mann
- 1969 Helmut Heißenbüttel
- 1970 Thomas Bernhard
- 1971 Uwe Johnson
- 1972 Elias Canetti
- 1973 Peter Handke
- 1974 Hermann Kesten
- 1975 Manès Sperber
- 1976 Heinz Piontek
- 1977 Reiner Kunze
- 1978 Hermann Lenz
- 1979 Ernst Meister
- 1980 Christa Wolf
- 1981 Martin Walser
- 1982 Peter Weiss
- 1983 Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- 1984 Ernst Jandl
- 1985 Heiner Müller
- 1986 Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 1987 Erich Fried
- 1988 Albert Drach
- 1989 Botho Strauß
- 1990 Tankred Dorst
- 1991 Wolf Biermann
- 1992 George Tabori
- 1993 Peter Rühmkorf
- 1994 Adolf Muschg
- 1995 Durs Grünbein
- 1996 Sarah Kirsch
- 1997 H. C. Artmann
- 1998 Elfriede Jelinek
- 1999 Arnold Stadler
- 2000 Volker Braun
- 2001 Friederike Mayröcker
- 2002 Wolfgang Hilbig
- 2003 Alexander Kluge
- 2004 Wilhelm Genazino
- 2005 Brigitte Kronauer
- 2006 Oskar Pastior
- 2007 Martin Mosebach
- 2008 Josef Winkler
- 2009 Walter Kappacher
- 2010 Reinhard Jirgl
- 2011 Friedrich Christian Delius
- 2012 Felicitas Hoppe
- 2013 Sibylle Lewitscharoff
- 2014 Jürgen Becker
- 2015 Rainald Goetz
- 2016 Marcel Beyer
- 2017 Jan Wagner
- 2018 Terézia Mora
- 2019 Lukas Bärfuss
- 2020 Elke Erb
- 2021 Clemens J. Setz
- 2022 Emine Sevgi Özdamar
- 2023: Lutz Seiler