Hedwig Forstreuter
Hedwig Forstreuter (12 February 1890 – 15 November 1967), was a German journalist and writer. Family. Born in Oschersleben, Forstreuter was the daughter of the engineer Hermann Forstreuter and his wife Anna Elise, "née" Reinhardt. On her father's side, she was descended from Salzburg Protestants. She received her education together with Ella von Klitzing, who was the same age, on the von Klitzing family's Neudorf estate, as the two mothers were friends. Journalist and writer. After finishing school, Forstreuter received an apprenticeship at the "Magdeburger General-Anzeiger". She became editor and later editor of the feuilleton of  this newspaper. At the same time, she edited the "Frauen-Beilage", belonging to the same publishing group "". In her spare time, she wrote poetry and novellas. Until 1945, she frequently visited the family of her foster sister, who had meanwhile married Friedrich von Arnim, at Schloss . She wrote there many of her works. The narrow poetry collections were published in small editions. Forstreuter reached a wider audience by publishing poems in partly renowned journals (for example "Die Bergstadt", "Die Dame", "Die Woche", "Jugend", "Der Türmer", "Westermanns Monatshefte"). Her works were positively received by the literature critics. She wrote the verses  of the unprinted picture book "Bunte Waldgeschichten" and "Bärchens Abenteuer" created around 1940 by the Magdeburg painter and graphic artist, . After the end of the war, Forstreuter had to give up her job as editor and work as a packer at the newspaper. During this time, she was only able to present her literary works at rare readings. At the beginning of the 1950s, she left the GDR and moved to Hamburg, where the daughters of her now deceased foster sister lived and supported her until the establishment. She took on a position in the administration of the "Hamburger Abendblatt . Only rarely published journals her smaller works. Forstreuter died in Hamburg at the age of 77. Poetry prize. In 1936, Forstreuter received the poetry prize of the journal Die Dame" of the "Deutscher Verlag", endowed with 1000 RM, for her poem "Liebende in der Landschaft".