Frau Ava ( ger. Frau Ava, Ava von Göttweig, Ava von Melk , ca. 1060 - February 7, 1127 , Kleinwin) - Austrian Benedictine nun, religious poetess.
| Frau Ava | |
|---|---|
| Frau Ava, Ava von Göttweig, Ava von Melk | |
| Date of Birth | OK. 1060 years |
| Date of death | February 7, 1127 |
| Place of death | Kleinwin (now in Lower Austria ) |
| Citizenship |  Austria |
| Occupation | poetess |
| Years of creativity | con XI - beg. XII centuries |
| Language of Works | Middle High German |
Content
Biography
Almost nothing is known about her life, except that she was married and had two sons, Hartmann and Heinrich (she mentions them in the end of the poem "The Last Judgment"). At the end of her life she retired to the monastery and took the monastic dignity. Usually Frau Ava is identified with the nun Ava from the Göttweig monastery near Krems or the monastery in Melka . Most likely, her two sons became priests, in which case they could help their mother spiritually carry the burden of monasticism.
Not knowing the Latin language , she, according to her own testimony, wrote from the words of her sons , who gave her the contents of the book.
Creativity
He is the author of several religious poems in Middle High German . Poetically reworked the Gospel , adding a story about the antichrist and the image of the Last Judgment .
Ava’s work is in the Foraus manuscript and published by Dimmers in his “ Gedichte des 11 und 12 Jahrhunderts ”. ( Vienna , 1849 ).
Works
- John the Baptist ( him. Johannes der Täufer )
- The Life of Jesus ( Ger. Leben Jesu )
- Antichrist ( him. Antichrist )
- Last Judgment ( Das Jüngste Gericht )
Modern editions
- Die Dichtungen der Frau Ava. / Kurt Schacks, Hrsg. - Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1986.
Literature
- Langgut . Untersuchungen über die Gedichte der Ava. - Budapest, 1880.
- Maurer F. Die Dichtungen der Frau Ava. - Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1966.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Ava, die älteste, mit Namen bezeugte Dichterin in deutscher Sprache. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Hamm 1975, Sp. 306.
- Arianna Doria: Frau Ava. Forschungsbericht, Kommentar und italienische Übersetzung . Parnaso, Triest 2003. (= Quaderni di Hesperides; Ser. Saggi; 6) ISBN 88-86474-60-1
- Eoliba Greinemann: Die Gedichte der Frau Ava. Untersuchungen zur Quellenfrage . Univ. Diss., Freiburg im Breisgau 1968.
- Barbara Gutfleisch-Ziche: Volkssprachliches und bildliches Erzählen biblischer Stoffe. Die illustrierten Handschriften der “Altdeutschen Genesis” und des “Leben Jesu” der Frau Ava . Lang, Frankfurt am Main ua 1997. (= Europäische Hochschulschriften; Reihe 1, Deutsche Sprache und Literatur; 1596) ISBN 3-631-30749-7
- Kurt Schacks: Lemmatisierte Konkordanz zu den Dichtungen der Frau Ava . Lang, Bern ua 1991. ISBN 3-261-04425-X
- Wilhelm Scherer: Ava. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 698.
- Lene Mayer-Skumanz : Frau Ava . Dachs-Verlag, Wien 2002. ISBN 3-85191-257-8 (Jugendbuch)
Recognition
Since 2003 in Austria every two years the literary prize of Frau Ava has been awarded.
Links
- Ava Literary Award website .
- Ava, poetess // Encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.