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Fussenegger, Gertrud eigentlich Gertrud Dietz
© Copyright Gertrud Fussenegger. Photo. Fussenegger, Gertrud (real name: Gertrud Dietz), b. Plen, Czech Republic (then Pilsen), May 8, 1912, d. Linz, March 19, 2009, author. Her wide-ranging realistic narrative prose is characterized by anti-modern, mythicizing tendencies, her principal subjects are people's native country and family. She is also known as a writer of poems, dramas, essays, non-fiction and literary critiques. Awarded the Stifter Prize in 1963, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 1981 and the Bavarian Prize for Literature in 1993. Works: Novels: Trilogie der "böhmischen Buddenbrooks" (Trilogy of the "Bohemian Buddenbrooks": Die Brüder von Lasawa, 1948; Das Haus der dunklen Krüge, 1951; Die Pulvermühle, 1968); Zeit des Raben, Zeit der Taube, 1960; Jirschi oder Die Flucht ins Pianino, 1995. - Narratives and prose: Mohrenlegende, 1937; Die Leute auf Falbeson, 1940; Der Goldschatz aus Böhmen. Erzählungen und Anekdoten, 1989; Frauen, die Geschichte machten, 1991; Ein Spiel ums andere; Shakespeares Töchter, 1999. - Autobiography: Ein Spiegelbild mit Feuersäule, 1979. - Books for children and young people: Bibelgeschichten, 1991. Literature: C. Winkler, Die Erzählkunst G. F., 1972; F. Denk, Die Zensur der Nachgeborenen. Zur regimekritischen Literatur im 3. Reich, 31996; F.-L. Kroll (ed.), Grenzüberschreitungen. Festschrift für G. F., 1998.
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