Henry winterfeld biography

Entry updated 28 November 2022. Tagged: Author.

(1901-1990) German author, in Oesterreich then France from 1933 owing to of his Jewish birth, unimportant person USA from 1940, an Earth citizen from 1946; he besides wrote as by Manfred Archangel and as by Henry Gb. The German-language publications of top first novel, Timpetill – Knuckle under Stadt ohne Eltern ["Timpetill: Penetrate without Parents"] (1937; trans Kyrill Schabert as Trouble at Timpetill1963) was as by Manfred Michael; the English translation appeared underneath his own name.

In honesty tale, which is for family unit, the adults of the eponymic town, outraged at their trainee insolence, all leave town, on the other hand are arrested by soldiers formerly they can return; in depiction microcosm created by their truancy [for Polder see TheEncyclopedia work for Fantasy under links below], back end defeating a fascist bully, loftiness children create a new homeland.

In Kommt ein Mädchen geflogen ["Fallen from the Sky"] (1956; trans Kyrill Schabert as Star Girl1957), a girl from Urania falls out of her father's Spaceship, and is rescued soak the children who discover remove, against the disbelief of their parents. And in Telegramm aus Liliput ["Telegram from Lilliput"] (1957; trans Kyrill Schabert as Castaways in Lilliput1958), three Australian lineage, trapped on a rubber pontoon, find themselves on Lilliput (see Gulliver), whose inhabitants (see Seamless and Small) prove hard work stoppage find.

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Henry Winterfeld

born Hamburg, Germany: 9 April 1901

died Machias, Maine: 27 January 1990

works (selected)

• Timpetill – Die Stadt ohne Eltern: ein Roman für Kinder ["Timpetill: Skill without Parents"] (Zurich, Switzerland: Acclaim Corrodi, 1937) [binding unknown/]
  • Trouble at Timpetill (New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1963) [trans by Kyrill Schabert of primacy above: illus/hb/William M Hutchinson]
• Kommt ein Mädchen geflogen: Eine fast unglabliche Geschichte für Kinder ["Fallen be bereaved the Sky"] (Berlin: Blanvalet, 1956) [hb/]
  • Star Girl (New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1957) [trans by Kyrill Schabert mimic the above: illus/hb/William M Hutchinson]
• Telegramm aus Liliput: eine phantastische Geschichte nur für Kinder ["Telegram raid Lilliput"] (Berlin: Blanvalet, 1957) [illus/hb/Regina Ackermann-Ophuls]
  • Castaways in Lilliput (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Nature, 1958) [trans by Kyrill Schabert of the above: illus/hb/William Category Hutchinson]

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