Annemarie Selinko (1 September 1914 – 28 July 1986) was an Austrian novelist who wrote a number of best-selling books in German from the 1930s through the 1950s. Although she had been based in Germany, in 1939 at the start of World War II she took refuge in Denmark with her Danish husband, but then in 1943, they again became refugees, this time to

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. Many of her novels have been adapted into movies and all have been translated into numerous languages. Her last work ''Désirée'' (1951) was about Désirée Clary, the one-time fiancée of

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and Norway. It is dedicated to her sister Liselotte, who was murdered by the Nazis. Translated into 25 languages, in 1954 it was turned into a major Hollywood film starring

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Bibliography

Novels

* ''Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen'' (''I Was an Ugly Girl''), Vienna: Kirschner Verlag, 1937 * ''Morgen ist alles besser'' (US title: ''Tomorrow Is Another Day'', UK title: ''Everything Will Be Better Tomorrow''), 1939 * ''Heute heiratet mein Mann'' (''My Husband Marries Today''), 1943 * ''Désirée'', 1952

Filmography

*'' Tomorrow It Will Be Better'', directed by Frederic Zelnik (Netherlands, 1939, based on the novel ''Morgen ist alles besser'') *', directed by Ragnar Arvedson (Sweden, 1943, based on the novel ''Heute heiratet mein Mann'') *''

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'', directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt (West Germany, 1948, based on the novel ''Morgen ist alles besser'') *''Désirée (film), Désirée'', directed by Henry Koster (1954, based on the novel ''Désirée'') *''I Was an Ugly Girl'', directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner (West Germany, 1955, based on the novel ''Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen'') *'' My Husband's Getting Married Today'', directed by Kurt Hoffmann (West Germany, 1956, based on the novel ''Heute heiratet mein Mann'') *', directed by

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(West Germany, 1957, based on the novel ''Morgen ist alles besser'') *''Heute heiratet mein Mann'', directed by (Austria, 2006, TV film, based on the novel ''Heute heiratet mein Mann'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selinko, Annemarie 1914 births 1986 deaths Writers from Vienna Austrian emigrants to Denmark Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss Austrian women novelists Danish Jews Naturalised citizens of Denmark 20th-century women writers 20th-century Austrian novelists Burials at Hellerup Cemetery