Toni Rothmund (2 October 1877, in
Barlt,
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...
– 22 August 1956) was a German writer and journalist.
She wrote biographies, novels and tales.
Work
Biographies
* ''
Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...
- Genie oder Scharlatan?''
Tales
* ''Die Bernsteinperle''
In English, ''The Amber Bead.'' This story was translated to English by Winifred Katzin, illustrated by Ernst Kutzer, and published (hardcover) in New York by Longmans, Green and Co. in 1930.
''Precis:'' Heide, a small child, is a foundling being raised by an old herbalist woman high on a mountainside. Heide can speak with all animals. Her conversations with the denizens of the mountain illustrate
Man's inhumanity to man and the essential animality of ''Homo sapiens''. Heide owns an amber bead, the history of which is slowly revealed. Through the bead, Heide is ultimately reunited her with her mother.
* ''Vom Allermärchenbaum''
Poetry
* ''Einsamkeiten''
* ''Der Baum, der vor Winter noch einmal blühte''
External links
A list of publications by Rothmund(German)
1877 births
1956 deaths
German women poets
German biographers
German women biographers
German women novelists
German women journalists
People from Dithmarschen
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