Anna Maria Achenrainer
Illustration — Monument to Anna Maria Achenrainer, Pfunds, Tyrol Anna Maria Achenrainer (5 July 1909 – 14 January 1972) was an Austrian writer.
Also recorded as Anna Maria Achenrainer-Newesely
Anna Maria Achenrainer
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- Born
- 1909 · Pfunds.
- Died
- 1972 · Innsbruck.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Honours
- Order of Merit of the Tyrol
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Monument to Anna Maria Achenrainer, Pfunds, Tyrol Anna Maria Achenrainer (5 July 1909 – 14 January 1972) was an Austrian writer.
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Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909–1972) was an Austrian writer and poet. Born in Pfunds, the writer died in Innsbruck.
The recorded working language is German. Awards and honours include Order of Merit of the Tyrol.
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Life
Life
Achenrainer was born in Pfunds. Her father died in World War I and she was taken to an orphanage. Achenrainer learnt teaching in Innsbruck, where she started publishing her poems in the magazine Tiroler Volksboten, and she was also one of the founders of the literacy association Turmbund. Achenrainer died in Innsbruck on 14 January 1972, and her tomb is in a cemetery of Mühlau, Innsbruck.
Works
Works
• Appassionata. Gedichte. Inn, Innsbruck, 1950 • Der zwölfblättrige Lotos. Gedichte. Egger, Imst, 1957 • Der grüne Kristall. Gedichte. Mit Linolschnitten von Margarethe Krieger. S. Gideon, Gießen, 1960 • Die Windrose. Gedichte. Rohrer, Vienna and Innsbruck, 1962 • Das geflügelte Licht. Gedichte. Mit Rohrfederzeichnungen von Rudolf Kreuzer. Wagner, Innsbruck, 1963 • Frauenbildnisse aus Tirol. 21 Biographien. Wagner, Innsbruck, 1964 • Horizonte der Hoffnung. Gedichte. Eingeleitet und ausgewählt von Franz Hölbing. Stiasny, Graz, 1966 • Lob des Dunkels und des Lichts. Gedichte. ÖVA, Vienna, 1968 • Zeit der Sonnenuhren. Ein Jahrbuch. Karlsruher Bote, Karlsruhe, 1969 • Antonia van Mer. Erzählung. ÖVA, Vienna, 1972
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The authorities additionally record the heading Anna Maria Achenrainer-Newesely. Her recorded language was German. She married Emil Lorenz.
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Anna Maria Achenrainer is recorded as having received Order of Merit of the Tyrol.
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1909
Anna Maria Achenrainer born at Pfunds.
1972
Anna Maria Achenrainer died at Innsbruck.
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Prizes
• 1950: Grand Austrian State Prize (Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis) for Appassionata • 1970: Order of Merit of the State of Tyrol (Verdienstkreuz des Landes Tirol)
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- Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Biographisch-bibliographisches Handbuch. 3., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage. Hg. Wilhelm Kosch (Begr.), Hubert Herkommer and Konrad Feilchenfeldt. Francke, Bern und München, 1968 Band 1, Seite 7
- Elisabeth Pfurtscheller: Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909 - 1972). Die Stellung der Lyrikerin im Tiroler Literatur- und Kulturbetrieb der 50er und 60er Jahre, dargestellt anhand ihres Nachlasses. Universität Innsbruck, 2006
- Paul Wimmer: Wegweiser durch die Literatur Tirols seit 1945. Bläschke, Darmstadt, 1978 Seite 22ff.
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