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Lydia Danöfen (after 1906-?) is the pseudonym used by Lydia Mauser, the wife of a Munich doctor, for her fictional works. Nothing is known about her life. She published just three books: a novella and two novels. Her novella with numerous marginalia is in the poet Paul Heyse's estate (1830-1914). Albert Langen's 1912 brochure praises Danöfen's "scarcity of form, elegance of style, wit, lack of sentimentality, mental agility, seriousness without heaviness, depth and gloom". The Munich authors Georg Queri (1879-1919) and Ludwig Thoma (1867-1921) include Danöfen in their "Bayernbuch. 100 bayrische Autoren eines Jahrtausends" (1913) as one of five female authors – along with Emma Haushofer-Merk (1854-1925), Anna Croissant-Rust (1860-1943), Dora Stieler (1875-1957), Lena Christ (1881-1920) and Clara Hätzlerin (c. 1430-after 1476). The début novel "Der Charlatan" by Lydia Danöfen (after 1906-?) appeared in 1911. The title hero is a young selfless doctor serving humanity, who fails because of the odds, disappointments and bitterness in life. "Slowly a transformation takes place in him, slowly he renounces his ideals to become a charlatan under the weight of the cruel reality and recognition of his inner weakness." (Neue Freie Presse, Vienna) Datum: 2019
Author
Peter Czoik