Annie Francé-Harrar Explained

Annie Francé-Harrar (born 2 December 1886 Munich, Germany; died 23 January 1971 Hallein, Austria) was an Austrian writer and scientist in the area of soil microbiology and organic farming.

Francé-Harrar created the scientific basis for humus-compost-farming, together with her second husband Raoul Heinrich Francé. During her life she wrote 47 books, some 5000 articles in the German press, and held over 500 lectures and courses, including radio broadcasts.[1]

Early life

Harrar was born to a Polish artist, Aleksander Sochaczewski and his wife.[2]

At a young age she combined her artistic and literary talent with technical research. Her first work was published in 1911 and described in verses the lives of women over the centuries. She later created some of the drawings and photographs which appeared in her publications.[3]

She married in 1911, but this marriage ended in divorce after six years.

Career

In 1916 she met Raoul H. Francé, director of the Biological Institute in Munich. She then became his assistant.[4] Her first utopian novel The Fire Souls was published in 1920 and described the problem of the destruction of soil fertility.[5]

After the divorce from her first husband, she married Francé in Dinkelsbühl 1923. In 1924 the couple settled down in Salzburg. There she wrote - based on impressions and research - a book about the famous doctor Paracelsus, who had died in Salzburg in 1541.[6] The period to 1930 was the first group of overseas travels, and the publication of a series of monographs. The couple frequently stayed in Ragusa (today's Dubrovnik) on the southern Adriatic coast - from there the couple fled from the turmoil of the Second World War to Budapest in 1943, where Francé died a few months later from leukemia which had been recognized too late.[7]

After the end of the Second World War Francé-Harrar began constructing a breeding station for the transformation of urban waste in Budapest and developed the first Impfziegel (bioreactor) for composting.

In 1947 she returned to Austria. Through the Bavarian Agriculture Publishers her work appeared in 1950 with the title The Last Chance – for a future without need,[8] which was well received and popular. This work was admired by Albert Einstein who said it would have a permanent place in world literature. As a result of this book, she was appointed on behalf of the government in Mexico and supported the country for nine years in setting up a large humus organization in the fight against erosion and soil degradation.

After almost 40 years of work, her book Humus – soil life and fertility was published in 1958. She also wrote several novels.[9]

After several intermediate stops in Europe she returned in 1961 to their home. She was still actively working in the World Union for Protection of Life and other organizations. She spent her last years in the pension Schloss Kahlsberg, where she died in January 1971 after a short illness at 85 years of age. On January 26 she was buried at the side of her husband in Oberalm-Hallein.

Works

Notes and References

  1. https://www.die-boden-schafft.de/media/Einladung_Harrar.pdf Die Boden Schafft website, ‘Bodenleben’ Annie Francé-Harrar
  2. https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Annie_Francé-Harrar Austria Forum, Annie Francé-Harrar
  3. https://www.stifterhaus.at/stichwoerter/annie-france-harrar Stifter Haus website, Annie Francé-Harrar
  4. https://thebluewormbin.com/the-forgotten-pioneers-of-the-soil-food-web/ The Blue Worm Bin website, The Forgotten Pioneers of The Soil Food Web
  5. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Âmes-feu-redécouverte-exceptionnelle-français-ebook/dp/B0D951X4P2/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IBblZutX18gY22aA-t9PVmpFlILZE7R1xMn8X-YXUmdA8hNVOWDXGhr8TpPY7BVTn4U1oLCq5R08-I1EkZlVAP0aHgZeo7RRslArrF5zx_M.mRdsrWviZhGc6gc9X7ZAa1S7CkY93EUHMTVowTmIXCQ&dib_tag=se&qid=1721303881&refinements=p_27%3AAnnie+harrar&s=books&sr=1-3 Amazon website, The Souls of Fire
  6. https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/TRAGODIE-PERACELSUS-France-Harrar-Annie-Stuttgart-Walter/56193267/bd ABE Books website, Die Tragodie des Peracelsus
  7. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592324.2024.2345413?src= Taylor & Francis Online website, The “plant neurobiology” revolution, article by Peter V. Minorsky, published in 'Plant Signaling & Behavior', Volume 19, on May 6, 2024
  8. https://www.biolit-natur.com/media/lubke-kompost-und-biolit-vulkangesteinsmehl.pdf BioLit Natur website, Controlled Microbial Composting and Humus Management: Luebke Compost, article by Steve Diver dated 2004
  9. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AAnnie+France-Harrar&s=relevancerank&text=Annie+France-Harrar&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 Amazon website, Annie Harrer - Science Fiction and Fantasy
  10. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6545647.Annie_Franc_Harrar GoodReads website, Books by Annie Francé-Harrar
  11. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rasse-Menschen-Gestern-Classic-Reprint/dp/0656937297/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.P_9U7pEl6iqnNjdGv0Z3pQW2bBodDRG7K3rkpVj9HbSPjWpl7X84RQmLIEAdLXVd8zZ-VPRKtk-yKvKH6xZ2aA.Zpf2BxOMqDvT9mzuRn8f2_J-U7JJQ8iSOXGgGffZBSo&dib_tag=se&qid=1721330232&refinements=p_27%3AAnnie+France-Harrar&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Annie+France-Harrar Amazon website, Rasse: Menschen von Gestern und Morgen
  12. https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/V6FURAGSBCMTTB2I54TGKYZ4XZF545Z6 Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek website, Tier und Liebe - Geschichten von Unterdrückten und Verkannten
  13. https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Suedsee-Korallen-Urwald-Menschenfresser-France-Harrar-Annie/30865293885/bd ABE Books website, Suedsee
  14. https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=116693053 Deutsche National Bibliothek website, "116693053"

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