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Margot Benary-Isbert

Born

in Saarbrücken, Germany

December 02, 1889

Died

May 27, 1979

Genre

Children's Books

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German-born children’s author known for her "depictions of humane, realistic characters."

Benary-Isbert attended the College St. Carolus and the University of Frankfurt. She worked as a secretary at the Museum of Ethnology and Anthropology in Frankfurt, Germany from 1910-1917, when she married Wilhelm Benary. They settled in Erfurt, in East Germany.

When the Russians took over Germany, she fled to the apartment of a friend in West Germany. In 1948 she wrote Die Arche Noah (The Ark). In 1953 it received a first prize at the New York Herald Tribune's Spring Book Festival. Post-war Germany became a common theme in most of her works.

In 1952 she moved to the United States, where she was naturalized in 1957 and worked as a writer until her death. ...more

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Margot Benary-Isbert’s books

Average rating: 4.3 · 1,192 ratings · 232 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ark 4.44 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	Rowan Farm 4.42 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1949 — 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
	Under A Changing Moon 4.06 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1964 — 3 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 Wicked Enchantment 4.06 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1955 — 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
	Blue Mystery by Margot Benary-Isbert, Richard Winston (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1951 — 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
	The Long Way Home 4.26 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1959 — 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
	Castle on the Border 4.09 avg rating — 55 ratings — 4 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
	Dangerous Spring 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1961 — 6 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
	A Time to Love by Margot Benary-Isbert, Joyce Emerson (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1953 — 4 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 Shooting Star by Margot Benary-Isbert, Richard Winston (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1954 — 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

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Series by Margot Benary-Isbert

The Ark (4 books)
by

Margot Benary-Isbert

4.40 avg rating — 826 ratings

Annegret Benninger (3 books)
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Margot Benary-Isbert,

Joyce Emerson (Translator)

4.12 avg rating — 113 ratings

Quotes by Margot Benary-Isbert (?)

“Too bad people can't always be playing music, maybe then there wouldn't be any more wars.”
― Margot Benary-Isbert, Rowan Farm

tags: music, peace, power-of-music, war

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“It's going to be a hard time; we can count on that. But with all the misery, what opportunities to show mercy and brotherly love in our land, which has sinned so greatly against love. And patience! For now is the time when the victors, in the blind triumph of their victory, are likely to make mistakes. But that's not our concern, for we shall only be the sufferers, not the agents of suffering. What a power for peace will lie in our own powerlessness if we can only glimpse in it the sign of grace!”
― Margot Benary-Isbert, Dangerous Spring

tags: helplessness, peace, suffering, war

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“A family is like a good roof overhead; as long as it’s there you’re safe from all kinds of storms and bad weather.”
― Margot Benary-Isbert, Rowan Farm

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