Maria von Peteani
Maria von Peteani | |
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Born | 2 February 1888 |
Died | 28 July 1960 Linz, Austria | (aged 72)
Other names | Maria Peteani |
Occupation | Novelist |
Maria von Peteani (2 February 1888 – 28 July 1960) was an Austrian writer. She was born in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but moved to Linz at the age of two. From 1920 onwards von Peteani wrote around twenty novels, the best known of them being . It was later adapted into a 1933 film starring Dolly Haas.[1] Two other films were made of her works. Following the Anschluss she was banned from further writing by the Nazis, but was able to resume her career in 1945.
References[]
- ^ Hake p.58
Bibliography[]
- Haider, Siegfried. Geschichte Oberösterreichs. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1987.
- Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2008.
- Pötzl, Viktoria: “In-between Wars, In-between Genders: A queer reading on Maria von Peteani’s Der Page vom Dalmasse Hotel.” In: Monatshefte. vol.112.1. Spring 2020. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 38-55.https://muse.jhu.edu/article/751117/summary
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Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1960 deaths
- Austrian essayists
- Writers from Prague
- 20th-century Austrian novelists
- 20th-century essayists
- Austrian writer stubs