Christine Lavant

Christine Lavant (born Christine Habernig in Groß-Edling, Carinthia on 4 July 1915; died on 7 June 1973 in Wolfsberg, Carinthia) was an Austrian poet and novelist.

Life

She was the ninth child of a miner in the Lavant Valley, which she used for her pseudonym. Her poems have been described as "almost mystically religious" and "archaic." Rainer Maria Rilke^[1] and Christianity^[2] are seen as influences on her work.

Awards

• 1964 Anton Wildgans Prize
• 1970 Grand Austrian State Prize for literature.

References

1. ^ An Encyclopedia of continental women writers, Volume 1 by Katharina M. Wilson, pg 708
2. ^ Post-war women's writing in German: feminist critical approaches by Chris Weedon, pg 245

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Name	Lavant, Christine
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Date of birth	4 July 1915
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Date of death	7 June 1973
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