Vera Ferra-Mikura
Vera Ferra-Mikura (February 14, 1923 – March 9, 1997) was an Austrian writer best known for her children's stories.[1]
She was born Vera Ferra in Vienna. After completing her schooling, she worked in her family's bird shop and then in a Vienna department store. During World War II, Ferra-Mikura worked as a stenographer for an architect; after the war, she worked for a publishing house. In 1948, she married Ludwig Mikura. In the same year, she became a freelance writer.[2][1]
Her stories, inspired by fairy tales, are characterized by magic realism.[2][3]
In 1951, she received a Förderungspreis of the City of Vienna [de]. She received an award from the International Board on Books for Young People in 1976.
In 1988, she received the Gold award of the Ehrenmedaille der Bundeshauptstadt Wien [de] for youth literature. Ferra-Mikura was also awarded the Theodor Körner Prize.[1]
Ferra-Mikura died in Vienna at the age of 74.[1]
Selected works[1]
- Melodie am Morgen, poetry (1946)
- Melodie am Morgen, novel (1947)
- Zaubermeister Opequeh, children's literature (1956)
- Unsere drei Stanisläuse, children's literature (1963), received the Youth literature prize of the City of Vienna [de]
- Die zehn kleinen Negerlein (1958)
- Das Luftschloß des Herrn Wuschelkopf (1965)
- Das Sprachbastelbuch [de] (1975), co-author
- Update on Rumpelstiltskin and other Fairy Tales by 43 Authors (1976), Illustrated by Willi Glasauer
- Die Oma gibt dem Meer die Hand (1982)
- Horoskop für den Löwen (1982)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ferra-Mikura, Vera". Austria-Forum (in German).
- ^ a b "Vera Ferra-Mikura". Verlag Jungbrunnen.
- ^ Zipes, Jack (2015). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University Press. pp. 191–92. ISBN 978-0199689828.