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Gertrud von le Fort

Born

in Minden, Germany

October 11, 1876

Died

November 01, 1971

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality

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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 ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 1,447 ratings · 193 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Song at the Scaffold 3.92 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 1931 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternal Woman: The Timeless Meaning of the Feminine 4.36 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1934 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Veil of Veronica 4.20 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1928 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories 4.08 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife of Pilate 4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1957 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Gericht des Meeres by Gertrud von le Fort, Petrea Vallerin 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innocents and Other Stories by Gertrud von le Fort, Michael J. Miller (Translator) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wedding of Magdeburg: A Novel 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1938 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Kranz der Engel 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1946 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymns to the Church by Gertrud von le Fort, Margaret Chanler (-Translator) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1942 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Das Schweißtuch der Veronika (2 books)
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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

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

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“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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