Christine Lavant was an Austrian poet, author, and recipient of the Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature in 1970. She was born on July 4, 1915 in Austria and is remembered for her lyric poetry and for a novella entitled Das Kind. Her works are still widely read and appreciated today.
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About
Austrian poet, author, and 1970 recipient of the Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature. She is remembered for her lyric poetry and for a novella entitled Das Kind.
Before Fame
Her birth name was Christine Habernig, and she was born in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia.
Trivia
She took her pseudonym, Lavant, from the name of the Austrian region -- the Lavant Valley -- where her father worked.
Family Life
She was the ninth child of an Austrian miner.
Associated With
Her mystically-themed writing was influenced by the work of Rainer Maria Rilke.