!!!Koenig, Alma Johanna verehelichte Freifrau von Ehrenfels, Pseudonym Johannes Herdan

Koenig, Alma Johanna (Baroness of Ehrenfels by marriage, pseudonym: Johannes Herdan), b. Prague (Czech Republic), Aug. 18, 1887, 
d. ghetto in Minsk (Byelorussia), 1942, narrative writer and poet of 
Jewish descent. From 1888 in Vienna, deported on May 27, 1942 and 
presumed dead. Owed her success chiefly to sensitive historical and 
psychological novels.

!Works
Novels: Der heilige Palast, 1922; Die Geschichte von Half dem 
Weibe, 1924; Leidenschaft in Algier, 1932; Der jugendliche Gott, 1947. 
- Poetry: Die Windsbraut, 1918; Die Lieder der Fausta, 1922; 
Liebesgedichte, 1930; Sonette fuer Jan, 1947. - Book for young people: 
Gudrun. Stolz und Treue, 1928. - Translations: E. Wallace, Der 
Frosch mit der Maske. 5 detective stories, 1996.

!Literature
E. Rosner, Miědzy erosem a caritas, 1987 (Monograph 
in Polish); NDB.



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