Annette Kolb (pseudonym of Anna Mathilde Kolb; born February 3, 1870 in

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; died December 3, 1967 in Munich) was a German author and pacifist. She became active in

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causes during

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and this caused her political difficulties from then on. She left Germany in the 1920s and her works were banned during the Third Reich. She wrote novels on high society and in later life wrote nonfiction about musicians. In 1955 she won the

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