Ada Halenza or Magda Koch (April 20, 1900 â€" July 10, 1990) was a
German author noted for her association with Bremen.Halenza was born
in Bremen in 1900 to Friedrich and Berta Halenza. She grew up in
Bremen in the area known as Ostertorviertel and graduated from a
private school. She lived in Berlin in the 1920s and married the actor
Rudolf Koch-Riehl [de]. In 1944 her husband became the director of the
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. She wrote the comedy Herzjunge (Beloved
Boy), which was performed here.After the Second World War, she moved
back to northern Germany where she wrote radio plays and film scripts.
Her husband was a director and actor at the Bremen Art Theater. She
became known principally because of her Radio Bremen stories involving
the two cleaning ladies Madda and Kede.[1] The stories are written in
the local dialect of Bremen.[2]In 1956, after the death of her
husband, she and her sister-in-law ran a private nursery school.
Halenza died in Bremen in 1990.
German author noted for her association with Bremen.Halenza was born
in Bremen in 1900 to Friedrich and Berta Halenza. She grew up in
Bremen in the area known as Ostertorviertel and graduated from a
private school. She lived in Berlin in the 1920s and married the actor
Rudolf Koch-Riehl [de]. In 1944 her husband became the director of the
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. She wrote the comedy Herzjunge (Beloved
Boy), which was performed here.After the Second World War, she moved
back to northern Germany where she wrote radio plays and film scripts.
Her husband was a director and actor at the Bremen Art Theater. She
became known principally because of her Radio Bremen stories involving
the two cleaning ladies Madda and Kede.[1] The stories are written in
the local dialect of Bremen.[2]In 1956, after the death of her
husband, she and her sister-in-law ran a private nursery school.
Halenza died in Bremen in 1990.
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