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'''Lulu von Strauss und Torney''' (1873–1956) was a German poet and writer.<ref name=DWW>{{cite book | editor-first =Anne | editor-last=Commire | editor-link=Anne Commire | editor2-first=Deborah | editor2-last=Klezmer | chapter=Kirkeby, Elizabeth (fl. 1482) | title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages | year=2006 | chapter-url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kirkeby-elizabeth-fl-1482 }}</ref> Best remembered for her [[ballads]],<ref name=C20GL>{{cite book | chapter=Strauss und Torney, Lulu von (1873-1956) | editor1-first=Raymond | editor1-last=Furness | editor2-first=Malcolm | editor2-last=Humble | title=A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature | page=284 | url=https://books.google. |
'''Lulu von Strauss und Torney''' (1873–1956) was a German poet and writer.<ref name=DWW>{{cite book | editor-first =Anne | editor-last=Commire | editor-link=Anne Commire | editor2-first=Deborah | editor2-last=Klezmer | chapter=Kirkeby, Elizabeth (fl. 1482) | title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages | year=2006 | chapter-url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kirkeby-elizabeth-fl-1482 }}</ref> Best remembered for her [[ballads]],<ref name=C20GL>{{cite book | chapter=Strauss und Torney, Lulu von (1873-1956) | editor1-first=Raymond | editor1-last=Furness | editor2-first=Malcolm | editor2-last=Humble | title=A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature | date=2 September 2003 | page=284 | isbn=9781134747641 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-WEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA284 }}</ref> she also wrote historical fiction with rural settings in [[northwest Germany]].<ref name=OCGL>{{cite book | author1=Henry Garland | author2=Mary Garland | title=The Oxford Companion to German Literature | chapter=Strauss und Torney, Lulu von | page=810 | publisher=Oxford University Press | edition=3rd | year=1997 }}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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In her twenties she began to write poetry and ballads, contributing to the ballad's early-20th-century revival as a genre.<ref name=OCGL/> Encouraged by [[Börries von Münchhausen]], she wrote from 1901 to 1905 for Münchhausen's literary magazine ''Göttinger Musenalmanach''. Her 1911 novel ''Judas'' was later reworked as the 1937 ''Der Judenhof''.<ref name=C20GL/> |
In her twenties she began to write poetry and ballads, contributing to the ballad's early-20th-century revival as a genre.<ref name=OCGL/> Encouraged by [[Börries von Münchhausen]], she wrote from 1901 to 1905 for Münchhausen's literary magazine ''Göttinger Musenalmanach''. Her 1911 novel ''Judas'' was later reworked as the 1937 ''Der Judenhof''.<ref name=C20GL/> |
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In 1916 she married the publisher [[Eugen Diederichs]], settling with him in [[Jena]]. Another collection of ballads appeared in 1919. In 1921 she wrote the play ''Der Tempel''. Her 1922 novel ''Der jüngste Tag'' treated the [[Münster rebellion]] by [[Anabaptists]]. Her politics moved to the right, and she proclaimed [[Hans Grimm]]'s 1926 novel ''[[Volk ohne Raum]]'' to be "a German spiritual event". |
In 1916 she married the publisher [[Eugen Diederichs]], settling with him in [[Jena]]. Another collection of ballads appeared in 1919. In 1921 she wrote the play ''Der Tempel''. Her 1922 novel ''Der jüngste Tag'' treated the [[Münster rebellion]] by [[Anabaptists]]. Her politics moved to the right, and she proclaimed [[Hans Grimm]]'s 1926 novel ''[[Volk ohne Raum]]'' to be "a German spiritual event". |
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After the [[Nazi seizure of power]], she was an active supporter of [[Adolf Hitler]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Daub |first1=Adrian |title=What the Ballad Knows: The Ballad Genre, Memory Culture, and German Nationalism |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780190885496 |page=259}}</ref> and helped write ''Die Botschaft Gottes'' (The Message of God),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lorenz |first1=Elisabeth |title=Ein Jesusbild im Horizont des Nationalsozialismus: Studien zum Neuen Testament des 'Instituts zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben' |date=2017 |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |location=Tubingen |isbn=9783161545696 |page=18}}</ref> a Nazi version of the [[New Testament]]. She was one of only five women that Hitler awarded with a [[Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft|Goethe Medal for Art and Science]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heyck |first1=Hartmut |title=The Goethe-Medal for Art and Science |date=2009 |publisher=Heyck Publications |location=Ottawa |page=26}}</ref> |
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She published a biography of her husband after his death, and her own memoirs in 1943. Correspondence with [[Agnes Miegel]] and with [[Theodor Heuss]] was posthumously published. She also translated from the French.<ref name=C20GL/> |
She published a biography of her husband after his death, and her own memoirs in 1943. Correspondence with [[Agnes Miegel]] and with [[Theodor Heuss]] was posthumously published. She also translated from the French.<ref name=C20GL/> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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* ''Gedichte'', 1898. |
* ''Gedichte'', 1898. |
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* ''Balladen und Lieder'', 1902. |
* ''Balladen und Lieder'', 1902. |
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* ''Tulipan. Balladen und Erzählungen''. Düsseldorf: Diederichs, 1966. |
* ''Tulipan. Balladen und Erzählungen''. Düsseldorf: Diederichs, 1966. |
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* ''Als wir uns fanden, Schwester, wie waren wir jung Agnes Miegel an Lulu von Strauß und Torney ; Briefe 1901 bis 1922''. Augsburg: Maro-Verl, 2009. |
* ''Als wir uns fanden, Schwester, wie waren wir jung Agnes Miegel an Lulu von Strauß und Torney ; Briefe 1901 bis 1922''. Augsburg: Maro-Verl, 2009. |
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Lulu von Strauss und Torney (1873–1956) was a German poet and writer.[1] Best remembered for her ballads,[2] she also wrote historical fiction with rural settings in northwest Germany.[3]
Lulu von Strauss und Torney was born in 1873 in Bückeburg. She was the daughter of a German general,[3] who had served as an adjutant at the court of the Prince of Schaumberg-Lippe. She studied in Bückeburg.[2]
In her twenties she began to write poetry and ballads, contributing to the ballad's early-20th-century revival as a genre.[3] Encouraged by Börries von Münchhausen, she wrote from 1901 to 1905 for Münchhausen's literary magazine Göttinger Musenalmanach. Her 1911 novel Judas was later reworked as the 1937 Der Judenhof.[2]
In 1916 she married the publisher Eugen Diederichs, settling with him in Jena. Another collection of ballads appeared in 1919. In 1921 she wrote the play Der Tempel. Her 1922 novel Der jüngste Tag treated the Münster rebellionbyAnabaptists. Her politics moved to the right, and she proclaimed Hans Grimm's 1926 novel Volk ohne Raum to be "a German spiritual event".
After the Nazi seizure of power, she was an active supporter of Adolf Hitler[4] and helped write Die Botschaft Gottes (The Message of God),[5] a Nazi version of the New Testament. She was one of only five women that Hitler awarded with a Goethe Medal for Art and Science.[6]
She published a biography of her husband after his death, and her own memoirs in 1943. Correspondence with Agnes Miegel and with Theodor Heuss was posthumously published. She also translated from the French.[2]
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