Hedda Zinner

Hedda Zinner, or Hedda Erpenbeck-Zinner (20 May 1905 – 7 January 1994), was a German political writer, actress, comedian, journalist and radio director.

Hedda Zinner
Zinner (in the middle) in 1966
BornHedda Zinner
(1905-05-20)May 20, 1905
Lemberg, Austria Hungary
DiedJanuary 7, 1994(1994-01-07) (aged 88)
Berlin, Germany
Pen nameElisabeth Frank, Hannchen Lobesam, Hedda
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
SpouseFritz Erpenbeck

Biography

Hedda Zinner was born in Lemberg on May 20, 1905. 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.[1] In 1980, Zinner was awarded the Order of Karl Marx.[2]

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

Works
  • Nur eine Frau [Only a Woman] (1954). A novel about the life of Louise Otto-Peters.
  • Ahnen und Erben [Ancestors and Inheritors] (1968). Vol. 1 of her autobiography.
  • Die Schwestern [Sisters] (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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