Hedda Zinner Explained

Hedda Zinner
Pseudonym:Elisabeth Frank, Hannchen Lobesam, Hedda
Birth Name:Hedda Zinner
Birth Date:20 May 1905
Birth Place:Lemberg, Austria Hungary
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Language:German
Nationality:German
Spouse:Fritz Erpenbeck

Hedda Zinner, or Hedda Erpenbeck-Zinner (20 May 1904  - 1 July 1994), was a German political writer, actress, comedian, journalist and radio director.

Biography

Hedda Zinner was born in Lemberg on 20 May 1904. 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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kuenstlerkolonie-berlin.de/bewohner/zinner.htm#zinner "Hedda Zinner"
  2. Web site: Biographische Datenbanken : ZINNER, HEDDA. Bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de. 24 August 2018.