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Gertrud von le Fort


Born
in Minden, Germany
October 11, 1876

Died
November 01, 1971

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Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems, and essays. She came from a Protestant background, but converted to Catholicism in 1926. Most of Gertrud's writings come after this conversion. In 1952 she won the Gottfried-Keller-Preis award.

Her novella Die Letzte am Schafott (The Last on the Scaffold) was the original basis for the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc. She also wrote a book called The Eternal Woman, which was published in paperback in English on March 1st, 2010.

Pseudonymes: Gerta von Stark, Petrea Vallerin
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The Song at the Scaffold

3.92 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 1931 — 55 editions
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The Eternal Woman: The Time...

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The Veil of Veronica

4.20 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1928 — 17 editions
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The Wife of Pilate and Othe...

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The Wife of Pilate

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Das Gericht des Meeres

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The Wedding of Magdeburg: A...

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Der Kranz der Engel

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Hymns to the Church

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“The louder our world today is, the deeper God seems to remain in silence. Silence is the language of eternity; noise passes.”
Gertrud von Le Fort

“Who are you, world, that you should frighten me?”
Gertrud von Le Fort

“To be a mother, to feel maternally, means to turn especially to the helpless, to incline lovingly and helpfully toward everything on earth that is small and weak. Therefore the principle of motherhood is a dual one. It hinges not only on the birth of the child, but also on fostering and protecting that which has been born.”
Gertrud von le Fort, The Eternal Woman: The Timeless Meaning of the Feminine

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