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German political writer, actress and journalist
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Hedda Zinner
Zinner in Berlin, 1956Zinner in Berlin, 1956
BornHedda Zinner
(1905-05-20)20 May 1905
Lemberg, Austria Hungary
Died1 July 1994(1994-07-01) (aged 90)
Berlin, Germany
Pen nameElisabeth Frank, Hannchen Lobesam, Hedda
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
SpouseFritz Erpenbeck

Hedda Zinner, or Hedda Erpenbeck-Zinner (20 May 1904 – 1 July 1994), was a German political writer, actress, comedian, journalist and radio director.

Biography

Hedda Zinner was born in Lemberg on 20 May 1904. She attended the Acting Academy there from 1923 to 1925. Zinner began working as an actress but her interest in the workers' movement led her to move to Berlin and, in 1929, join the Communist Party of Germany. She became a journalist for left-wing journals. When Hitler came to power, she moved to Vienna and then Prague, where she founded the cabaret Studio 34 in 1934. In 1935 she emigrated to Moscow. After the Second World War she settled in East Berlin. In 1980, Zinner was awarded the Order of Karl Marx.

Zinner also wrote under the pseudonym Elisabeth Frank. Her granddaughter is the writer Jenny Erpenbeck.

Works

  • Nur eine Frau (1954). A novel about the life of Louise Otto-Peters.
  • Ahnen und Erben (1968). Vol. 1 of her autobiography.
  • Die Schwestern (1970). Vol. 2 of her autobiography.

References

  1. "Hedda Zinner" Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Künstlerkolonie Berlin. Künstlerkolonie Berlin, n.d. Web. 25 Dec. 2013.
  2. "Biographische Datenbanken : ZINNER, HEDDA". Bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

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