Paula Ludwig
Illustration — Paula Ludwig Paula Ludwig (born 1900; died 1974 in Darmstadt) was an Austrian-German poet who won the 1963 George Trakl Prize. In her earlier life she had an affair with Yvan Goll, which caused a crisis for his wife Claire Goll. In 1940 she began a period of exile in Brazil due to the rise of Nazism.
Paula Ludwig

Transocean · Press clipping from 1927, inheritance of Paula Ludwig (1900–1974), Franz-Michael-Felder-Archiv, Bregenz · Public domain
- Born
- Paula Ludwig was born on 5 January 1900. · Altenstadt.
- Died
- Paula Ludwig died on 27 January 1974. · Darmstadt.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- painter · writer · poet · librettist · artist · cartoonist · draftsperson
- Fields
- literature · poetry · libretto · art
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Paula Ludwig Paula Ludwig (born 1900; died 1974 in Darmstadt) was an Austrian-German poet who won the 1963 George Trakl Prize. In her earlier life she had an affair with Yvan Goll, which caused a crisis for his wife Claire Goll. In 1940 she began a period of exile in Brazil due to the rise of Nazism.
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The Austrian poet and painter Paula Ludwig (1900–1974) with her son Siegfried (1917–2007), called Friedel.
Unknown author Unknown author, possibly Gertrud Liebermann, sister of Nina Engelhardt · Franz-Michael-Felder-Archiv, Bregenz, Austria, https: vlb.vorarlberg.at/was-haben-wir/felder-archiv/ueber-uns.html
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1900
Paula Ludwig was born on 5 January 1900.
1974
Paula Ludwig died on 27 January 1974.
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Altenstadt.
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Darmstadt.
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scholarly publication
- Paula Ludwig, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 1942
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1942
- Paula Ludwig: "Aus Berlin emigriert 1933! 13 Jahre Brasilien; 1953 Heimkehr – fatal!", Pandaemonium Germanicum, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
- Uma poética do exílio: o Brasil infamiliar na vida e na obra literária de Paula Ludwig
Scholarly · Crossref registry
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q215769: Paula Ludwig
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- “Paula Ludwig”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Paula Ludwig, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 1942Crossref registry
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Paula Ludwig: "Aus Berlin emigriert 1933! 13 Jahre Brasilien; 1953 Heimkehr – fatal!", Pandaemonium Germanicum, 2016Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Uma poética do exílio: o Brasil infamiliar na vida e na obra literária de Paula LudwigCrossref registry
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Paula Ludwig is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as painter, writer, poet, librettist and artist.
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