Christa Winsloe (23 December 1888 â€" 10 June 1944), formerly Baroness
Christa Hatvany de Hatvan, was a German-Hungarian novelist, playwright
and sculptor, best known for her play Gestern und heute (known under
several titles, see below), filmed in 1931 as Mädchen in Uniform and
the 1958 remake.She was born in Darmstadt. After her mother's early
death, she was sent to the Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift, a very strict
boarding school in Potsdam. In this institution, the girls of the
aristocracy were drilled to learn discipline and submission. After
leaving school, she married Baron Ludwig Hatvany (1880â€"1961), a rich
Hungarian writer and landowner.While married to Hatvany, Winsloe wrote
Das Mädchen Manuela ("The Child Manuela"), a short novel based on her
experiences at Kaiserin-Augusta. Soon after, her marriage broke up,
but Hatvany made her a generous allowance after their divorce. That
novel was released in 1933.Winsloe was involved in a relationship with
newspaper reporter Dorothy Thompson, probably before World War II when
Thompson was reporting from Berlin.[1]
Christa Hatvany de Hatvan, was a German-Hungarian novelist, playwright
and sculptor, best known for her play Gestern und heute (known under
several titles, see below), filmed in 1931 as Mädchen in Uniform and
the 1958 remake.She was born in Darmstadt. After her mother's early
death, she was sent to the Kaiserin-Augusta-Stift, a very strict
boarding school in Potsdam. In this institution, the girls of the
aristocracy were drilled to learn discipline and submission. After
leaving school, she married Baron Ludwig Hatvany (1880â€"1961), a rich
Hungarian writer and landowner.While married to Hatvany, Winsloe wrote
Das Mädchen Manuela ("The Child Manuela"), a short novel based on her
experiences at Kaiserin-Augusta. Soon after, her marriage broke up,
but Hatvany made her a generous allowance after their divorce. That
novel was released in 1933.Winsloe was involved in a relationship with
newspaper reporter Dorothy Thompson, probably before World War II when
Thompson was reporting from Berlin.[1]
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