Anna Maria Jokl
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Anna Maria Jokl
Anna Maria Jokl, born in Vienna in 1911, lived in Jerusalem from 1965 until her death in 2001. She wrote Die Perlmutterfarbe in the 1930s, while in exile in Prague. For her oeuvre, she was awarded the Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis in 1995.
Anna Maria Jokl, born in Vienna in 1911, lived in Jerusalem from 1965 until her death in 2001. She wrote Die Perlmutterfarbe in the 1930s, while in exile in Prague. For her oeuvre, she was awarded the Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis in 1995.
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Year of Publication: 2010
Anna Maria JoklYear of Publication: 2010
Six Lives
To this day, Anna Maria Jokl inspires generations of young readers with Die Perlmutterfarbe (adapted for the screen in 2008). When the author wrote the »children’s novel for almost everyone«, she was already in exile in Prague, escaping persecution by the Nazis. »Geographically speaking, I had six lives, all of them in respective hotspots of our time«, she...
Year of Publication: 1948
Anna Maria JoklYear of Publication: 1948
Mother of Pearl
A pot of self-mixed paint, mother-of-pearl, disappears from the school bag of »Mole«, one of the most popular pupils in the class. First suspicions are voiced, mistrust of the parallel...
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