Thea Leitner (June 2, 1921 in
Vienna
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– August 2016) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n author and journalist.
She has written numerous books for young people and was decorated, in May, 2003 for service to Vienna with the "Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien" (the Silver Order of Merit for Service to Vienna).
She was the wife of German commentator and science popularizer
Sebastian Leitner
Sebastian Leitner (1919 in Salzburg – 1989) was a German commentator and Popular science, science popularizer.
As a student in Vienna, he was briefly kept in custody by the Nazis in 1938 because of his opposition to the annexation of Austria ...
with whom she lived in
Vienna
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until his death in 1989.
She died on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 in Vienna.
Bibliography
* ''Körner aus der Nähe''. 1951
* ''Das Bilderbuch vom Bauernhof''.
* ''Habsburgs verkaufte Töchter''. 1987, ,
* ''Schicksale im Hause Habsburg''. 2003,
* ''Habsburgs Goldene Bräute. Durch Mitgift zur Macht''. 2003,
* ''Hühnerstall und Nobelball. Leben in Krieg und Frieden 1938-1955''. 2003, (autobiographical)
References
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Lebensgeschichte
Magistrat Wien Ehrung
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Austrian women writers
Writers from Vienna
1921 births
2016 deaths