Dagmar von Mutius (17 October 1919 – 5 November 2008) was a German writer. She was the daughter of a diplomat and born in

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. She spent her childhood and youth abroad, in

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on the family estate and in Berlin. She studied language and was working in agriculture. She took over the management of the family estate, which was converted into a Polish state estate after 1945. Then she was relocated from Silesia. She worked as French interpreter (business school). From 1950 Dagmar von Mutius lived in

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. In 1954 the first stories appeared in magazines and anthologies and in 1960 the first book. In addition to her work as a writer, she worked as a literary reviewer and participated in the well-known book discussions on Radio Bremen in the 1970s. Until her retirement, Mutius was a bookseller in Heidelberg. She died there on 5 November 2008.

Awards

* 1963

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* 1973 Hörspiel und Erzählerpreis der Stiftung Ostdeutscher Kulturrat * 1965 Ehrengabe des Andreas-Gryphius-Preises der Künstlergilde e.V. (bis 1965 Ostdeutscher Literaturpreis) * 1967 Prize of the Hermann Sudermann Foundation, Berlin * 1987

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* 1988 Sonderpreis zum Kulturpreis Schlesien des Landes Niedersachsen * 1990 "Pro arte Medaille" of the Künstlergilde Esslingen/Neckar

Works

* ''Wetterleuchten. Chronik einer schlesischen Provinz 1945/46''. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1961. (3. Auflage: Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Würzburg 1988, .) * ''Grenzwege''. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1963. * ''Wandel des Spiels''. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1966. * ''Versteck ohne Anschlag''. Verlag Werner Jerratsch, Heidenheim/Brenz 1975. * ''Einladung in ein altes Haus''. Verlag Werner Jerratsch, Heidenheim/Brenz 1980, . * ''Draußen der Nachtwind''. Bergstadtverlag Korn, Würzburg 1985, . * ''Lektionen der Stille''. Bergstadtverlag Korn, Würzburg 1989. * ''Besuch am Rande der Tage''. Bergstadtverlag Korn, Würzburg 1994. * Eleonore Haugwitz (''Pseudonym''): ''1945/46 auf einem Gutshof in der Grafschaft Glatz''. In: ''Meine Heimat Schlesien''. Weltbild-Verlag, Augsburg 1990, .

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* 1919 births 2008 deaths 20th-century German writers 20th-century German women writers Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German expatriates in Norway {{Germany-writer-stub