Marianne Bruns
Marianne Bruns (31 August 1897 – 1 January 1994) was a twentieth-century German novelist and poet.
Marianne Bruns

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- Name
- Marianne Bruns
- Born
- 31 August 1897
- Birthplace
- Leipzig, German Empire
- Died
- 1994
- Place of death
- Dresden, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Honours
- honorary citizen of Freital
- Languages
- German
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Marianne Bruns (31 August 1897 – 1 January 1994) was a twentieth-century German novelist and poet.
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Key facts
• Name — Marianne Bruns • Born — 31 August 1897 • Birthplace — Leipzig, German Empire • Died — 1994 • Place of death — Dresden, Germany
Biography
Biography
Bruns was born in Leipzig. After studying music, she began writing stories for magazines, and then novels. Starting in 1929, she also became a broadcaster on the German radio, often reading from her poetry on programs designed for women and children. She died in Dresden.
Works
Works
• Illustration — Bruns with Herbert Warnke in 1961
Fiction
Fiction
• Telemachos, Novelle, 1927 • Das rechtschaffene Herz, Roman, 1939 • Über meinen grünen Garten fliegen die Schwalben, Roman, 1940 • Die Tochter der Parze, Roman, 1943 • Flugsamen, Roman, 1948 • Wiegand der Feuerträger, 1949 • Die Spur des namenlosen Malers, 1975 (historical novel about Jerg Ratgeb)
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
• Seliger Kreislauf. Gedichte, 1925 • ed.: Jean Paul, Ausgewählte Werke, 1925 • Reise durch Schweden, 1926 • Die Dioskuren in Olympia. Roman, 1936 (rep in 1937 as: Die Auserwählten. Roman aus Alt-Griechenland) • Tobbys Buch. Eine Theatergeschichte, 1949 • Geht Christel Peters zur Bühne? 1951 • Uns hebt die Flut, 1952 (about the beginnings of the women's movement) • Glück fällt nicht vom Himmel, 1954 • Darüber wächst kein Gras, 1956 • Bauer und Richter, 1956 • Deutsche Stimmen 1956. Neue Prosa und Lyrik aus Ost und West, 1956 • Frau Doktor privat, 1957 • Der Junge mit den beiden Namen, 1958 • Die Silbergrube, 1959 • Das ist Diebstahl, 1960 • ed.: Briefe aus Zittau, 1960 • Schuldig befunden, 1961 • Zwischen Pflicht und Kür, 1962 • Hausfrauenbrigade. Eine Szene, 1962 • Verständnis für die Neunte, 1962 • Die Lichtung, 1965 • Der neunte Sohn des Veit Stoß, 1967 • Großaufnahme leicht retuschiert, 1972 • Zeichen ohne Wunder, 1977 • Der grüne Zweig, 1979 • Szenenwechsel, 1982 • Luftschaukel, 1985 • Wiedersehen, 1987 • Nahe Ferne, 1989
Identity
Identity
Marianne Bruns is recorded as having received honorary citizen of Freital.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild Eckleben 19.6.1961 3. Arbeiterfestspiele des FDGB. Literatur- und Kunstpreis des FDGB 1961 verliehen. Der Literatur- und Kunstpreis des FDGB 1961 wurde anlässlich der 3. Arbeiterfestspiele am 16.6.1961 in der Magdeburger Park
Irene Eckleben · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-83789-0113 / Eckleben, Irene / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
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1897
Marianne Bruns was born in 1897 at Leipzig.
1994
Marianne Bruns died in 1994 at Dresden.
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Leipzig.
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Dresden.
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Children's books
• Jau und Trine laden ein, 1933 • Die Schwedin und die drei Indianer, 1934 • Willi und Kamilla. Zwei Kinder wachsen heran, 1935 • Das verschwundene Messer, Laienspiel für Kinder, 1949
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- “Marianne Bruns”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1713604: Marianne Bruns
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- 1.Marianne Bruns - Suche.
- 2.auf der Webseite des Deutschen Rundfunkarchivs; abgerufen am 29. Februar 2012
- 3.Horst W. Lukas. Zu Gast bei Marianne Bruns. 1961-09-10.
- 4.Dr. K. Marianne Bruns wurde … Eine Schriftstellerin unserer Tage. Herzlicher Gruß zum 65. Geburtstag. 1962-08-30.
- 5.k. Hauptanliegen: Frauenschicksale. 1963-03-08.
- 6.Ihre Bücher schreibt das Leben. Zum 65. Geburtstag der Schriftstellerin Marianne Bruns. 1962-08-31.
- 7.-gn-. Alte Pläne haben noch Zeit. Marianne Bruns 65 Jahre. 1962-09-01.
- 8.E. Kunath. Marianne Bruns zum 70. 1967-09-03.
- 9.Dr. M. O du ungeheuer reiches Leben! Vom Schaffen der 65jährigen Schriftstellerin Marianne Bruns. 1962-09-04.
- 10.Marianne Bruns 70 Jahre. 1967-08-31.
- 11.Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Karola Ludwig, Angela Wöffen: Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen 1800–1945. dtv München, 1986. ISBN 3-423-03282-0. S. 46.
- 12.Neues Deutschland, 3./4. Oktober 1987, S. 3.
- 13.Freital hat nun auch offiziell eine Marianne-Bruns-Straße, sz-online.de; abgerufen am 12. Februar 2011
- 14.Große Kreisstadt Freital. Marianne Bruns.
- 15.Ratsversammlung vom 18. Mai 2011 (Beschluss-Nr. RBV-822/11), amtliche Bekanntmachung: Leipziger Amtsblatt Nr. 11 vom 4. Juni 2011, bestandskräftig seit dem 5. Juli 2011 bzw. 5. August 2011. Vgl. Leipziger Amtsblatt Nr. 16 vom 10. September 2011.
- 16.Werner Neubert. Schicksale im Strom der Geschichte gestaltet. Marianne Bruns zum 80. Geburtstag. 1977-08-31.
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