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<p>Gerda Mieß (born in Bistrita in 1896, dies in Cisnădie in 1954), is know for her verses published in periodicals and anthologies as well as for only collection of her poems (by Dr. Stefan Sienerth in 1987 in Kriterion Verlag Bucharest published). People interested in the history of literature knew that she had also written a novel in her youth, which, howeser, never came to the public during her lifetime or afterwards. Her descendants (the Herbert-László family) hade the manuscript prose work translated into computer script and took steps to publish the novel. It offers an insight into the mentality and behavior of the time around 1910, into the school system of the time and the problems of that time and the problems of women (education and employment of women).</p>
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Gerda Mieß (born in Bistrita in 1896, dies in Cisnădie in 1954), is know for her verses published in periodicals and anthologies as well as for only collection of her poems (by Dr. Stefan Sienerth in 1987 in Kriterion Verlag Bucharest published). People interested in the history of literature knew that she had also written a novel in her youth, which, howeser, never came to the public during her lifetime or afterwards. Her descendants (the Herbert-László family) hade the manuscript prose work translated into computer script and took steps to publish the novel. It offers an insight into the mentality and behavior of the time around 1910, into the school system of the time and the problems of that time and the problems of women (education and employment of women).

Die mythische Existenz eines Romans und seine Wirklichkeit. Ein Prosamanuskript der siebenbürgischen Dichterin Gerda Mieß

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Gerda Mieß (born in Bistrita in 1896, dies in Cisnădie in 1954), is know for her verses published in periodicals and anthologies as well as for only collection...

Die mythische Existenz eines Romans und seine Wirklichkeit. Ein Prosamanuskript der siebenbürgischen Dichterin Gerda Mieß

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2021

Páginas: 23 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0002

Palabras clave
Transylvanian-German literature, the writer Gerda Mieß, School system and studies around 1910, Women problem

© 2021 Joachim Wittstock, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Die mythische Existenz eines Romans und seine Wirklichkeit. Ein Prosamanuskript der siebenbürgischen Dichterin Gerda Mieß

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2021

Páginas: 23 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0002

Palabras claveTransylvanian-German literature, the writer Gerda Mieß, School system and studies around 1910, Women problem

© 2021 Joachim Wittstock, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Transylvanian-German literature, the writer Gerda Mieß, School system and studies around 1910, Women problem