Bodmershof, Imma, 1895-1982

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Name (Latin)
Bodmershof, Imma, 1895-1982
Other forms of name
Bodmershof, Imma von, 1895-1982
Von Bodmershof, Imma, 1895-1982
Date of birth
1895-08-10
Date of death
1982-08-26
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 115604309
Wikidata: Q113271
Library of congress: n 86060021
Sources of Information
  • Her Die Rosse des Urban Rothner, c1982:t.p. (MMa Bodmershof)
  • LC data base, 10-6-86(hdg.: Bodmershof, Imma von, 1895- usage: Imma Bodmershof; Imma von Bodmershof)
  • Mohn und Granit, 1999:t.p. (Imma von Bodmershof) jkt. (b. 1895 in Graz; d. 1982 at her estate Rastbach bei Gföhl)

Wikipedia description:

Imma von Bodmershof (born Emma Lilly Isolde von Ehrenfels; August 10, 1895 – August 26, 1982) was an Austrian poet born in Graz. She received the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1958 for her work Sieben Handvoll Salz (Seven Handfuls of Sand), a novel set in Sicily. She was engaged to be married to and influenced by the works of Norbert von Hellingrath. She had a talent for writing haiku and published several volumes. Imma was the daughter of Baron Christian von Ehrenfels, the founder of the modern structural Gestalt psychology in Austria. She was also the sister of Umar Rolf Baron Ehrenfels, an orientalist and anthropologist who converted to Islam.

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