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Brigitte Hamann
Presentation of the Honorary Prize of the Austrian Booksellers to Brigitte Hamann in theVienna City Hallon 22 November 2012. To the left: the eulogist, Prof.Gerald Stourzh,to the right city councillor Michael Ludwig
Born
Brigitte Deitert

(1940-07-26)July 26, 1940
Essen, Germany
DiedOctober 4, 2016(2016-10-04)(aged 76)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityGerman-Austrian
Occupation(s)authorandhistorian

Brigitte Hamann(néeDeitert;26 July 1940 – 4 October 2016) was a German-Austrian[1]author and historian based inVienna.

Biography[edit]

Born inEssen,Germany,Hamann studied history inMünsterand Vienna. She worked as a journalist in Essen for some time. In 1965, she married a historian Günther Hamann (1924–1994),[2]moved to Vienna and obtained Austrian citizenship in addition to her German.[3]The couple had three children; one of them is journalist and feministSibylle Hamann.Brigitte Hamann worked with her husband at theUniversity of Viennaand in 1978 obtained a doctor's degree on the basis of a thesis on the life ofCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria.The thesis was published as a book the same year. She described her working method as follows: "(Coming from Germany) I had a different view of Austria, and I began to write with a certain detachment".[3]

The success of her first book led to further books, notably onEmpress Elisabeth of Austria,[2]Adolf Hitler,andWinifred Wagner.[citation needed]

Hamann's 1996 bookHitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeshipexamined how societal attitudes at the time shaped Hitler'santi-Semiticviews during his time in Vienna between 1908 and 1913, and the effects of his inordinate fear of both infection and women. Following the publication ofThe Hidden Hitlerby historian andUniversity of BremenprofessorLothar Machtan,Hamann investigated claims aboutHitler's homosexualityand appears in the 2004HBOdocumentary film,Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality,by American documentariansFenton BaileyandRandy Barbato.[citation needed]

In 2005, Hamann releasedWinifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth,a biography ofWinifred Wagner,the British-born woman who became a founding member of theNazi Partyand a close friend of Hitler. The publication earned her "Book of the Year" honors byOpernwelt(Operaworld) magazine and "Historical Book of the Year" honors fromDamalshistory magazine. That same year she received thePresseclub Concordia[de][4]"Concordia-Preis[de]"in recognition of her work.

Hamann died on 4 October 2016 in Vienna at the age of 76.[2][5]

Honors[edit]

Books translated into English[edit]

  • The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria(Knopf:1986) (ISBN0-394-53717-3)
  • The Reluctant Empress,Ullstein Verlag,Berlin 1982, 6th ed. 2000
  • Bertha von Suttner: A Life for Peace(Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution) (Syracuse University Press:1986)ISBN0-8156-0387-8
  • Rudolf. The Road to Mayerling(German and English, picture book) München 1988
  • Sissi, Elisabeth, Empress of Austria(Taschen America: 1997) (ISBN3-8228-7865-0)
  • Hitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeship.(1999:Oxford University Press)ISBN0-19-514053-2
  • Winifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth.(2005: Granta publications, England[6])ISBN1-86207-671-5
  • Winifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth,Harcourt Books, Orlando USA 2006

An English translation of the rororo monographDie Familie Wagneris to appear.[citation needed]

Books in German[edit]

  • Rudolf, Kronprinz und Rebell,Wien 1978
  • Elisabeth,Kaiserin wider Willen,Wien 1981
  • Mit Kaiser Max in Mexiko,Wien 1983
  • Kaiserin Elisabeth. Das poetische Tagebuch,Verlag der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1984
  • Bertha von Suttner.Ein Leben für den Frieden,München 1986
  • Die Habsburger. Ein biographisches Lexikon,München 1988
  • Nichts als Musik im Kopf. Das Leben vonWolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Wien 1990 (Kinderbuch)
  • Elisabeth. Bilder einer Kaiserin,Wien 1995
  • Meine liebe, gute Freundin! Die Briefe KaiserFranz JosephsanKatharina Schratt,München 1992
  • HitlersWien. Lehrjahre eines Diktators,München 1996
  • Kronprinz Rudolf: 'Majestät, ich warne Sie...',München 2002
  • Winifred Wagneroder HitlersBayreuth,München 2002
  • Der erste Weltkrieg. Wahrheit und Lüge in Bildern und Texten,München 2004
  • Ein Herz und viele Kronen. Das Leben der KaiserinMaria Theresia.Illustriert vonRolf Rettich[de],Wien 2004 (Kinderbuch)
  • Die FamilieWagner,Reinbek bei Hamburg 2005
  • Kronprinz Rudolf. Ein Leben,Wien 2005
  • Mozart. Sein Leben und seine Zeit,Wien 2006
  • Hitlers Edeljude. Das Leben des ArmenarztesEduard Bloch,München 2008

Numerous editions, paperbacks, and translations[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Hamann Brigitte – biografiA".biografiA – Ihr Ausgangspunkt für Frauenforschung(in German).Retrieved13 November2022.
  2. ^abc"Brigitte Hamann - Biography".IMDb.Retrieved26 February2024.
  3. ^ab"ORF-Seite".Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2011.Retrieved28 May2009.
  4. ^"Presseclub Concordia".Archived fromthe originalon 9 October 2006.Retrieved27 February2006.
  5. ^Mayr, Lisa (4 October 2016)."Historikerin Brigitte Hamann gestorben (Historian Brigitte Hamann has died)".Der Standard(in German). Vienna: Standard Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H.Retrieved23 April2017.
  6. ^"Granta: Winifred Wagner".Archived fromthe originalon 13 February 2007.Retrieved27 February2006.

External links[edit]

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