Anna Gmeyner | |
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Born | Anna Wilhelmine Gmeyner 16 March 1902 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 3 January 1991 York, England | (aged 88)
Pen name | Anna Reiner, Anna Morduch |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Austrian |
Period | 1929-1970 |
Genre | Exile literature, drama |
Notable works | Manja |
Spouse | Bertold Wiesner (1925–1928; divorced) Jascha Morduch (1935–1950; deceased) |
Children | Eva Ibbotson (born Maria Wiesner) |
Anna Wilhelmine Gmeyner (16 March 1902 – 3 January 1991) was an Austrian-born Jewish writer, playwright, and screenwriter who was exiled from Germany and Austria, best known for her novel Manja (1938). She also wrote under the names Anna Reiner and Anna Morduch. Her daughter was the children's writer Eva Ibbotson.[1]