Lisa Tetzner

Lisa Tetzner (born in Zittau on November 10, 1894; died July 2, 1963 in Carona, Switzerland) was a German-born Swiss children's writer known for her work with fairy-tales.^[1] In 1924 she married Kurt Held. She later fled from Germany due to Nazism and in 1948 became a Swiss citizen. One of her best known works is The Children From No. 67 series written as a collaboration with her husband.^[2] Her life in Switzerland had some difficulties as well as during the war her work received some censorship over fears it was immoderate and could anger Germany.^[3] Her "socialist fairy-tales" would become popular in East Germany.^[4]

References

^ The New York Times *(January 20, 1924)
^ Boyds Mill Press Profile
^ A past without shadow: constructing the past in German books for children by Zohar Shavit, pg 9
^ The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales by Donald Haase, 410

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Name	Tetzner, Lisa
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Date of birth	November 10, 1894
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Date of death	July 2, 1963
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