Lavant, Christine eigentlich C. Habernig, geborene Thonhauser#
b. Gross-Edling (municipality of Wolfsberg, Carinthia), July 4, 1915, d. Wolfsberg (Carinthia), June 7, 1973, lyric poet and narrative writer. Child of a poor mining family. Fear and pain are the central subjects of her poems, voiced in an expressive, metaphorical language. G. Trakl Prize 1954 and 1964, German Prize for Lyric Poetry 1956, A. Wildgans Prize 1964, Grand Austrian State Prize 1970.
Works#
Lyric poetry: Die unvollendete Liebe, 1949; Die Bettlerschale, 1956; Spindel im Mond, 1959; Der Pfauenschrei, 1962; Haelfte des Herzens, 1967; Die Nacht an den Morgen, 1978. - Prose: Das Kind, 1948; Das Krueglein, 1949; Maria Katharina, 1950; Baruscha, 1952; Die Rosenkugel, 1956; Das Wechselbaelgchen, 1956; Das Ringelspiel, 1963; Nell, 1969.Literature#
J. Strutz, Poetik und Existenzproblematik, 1979; A. Russegger (ed.), Die Bilderschrift C. L., 1995; A. Russegger (ed.), Profile einer Dichterin, 1999; NDB.