Jo Mihaly
Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr (1902–1989), known professionally as Jo Mihaly, was a German dancer and writer.[1]
Early years and war diary
Kuhr grew up in Schneidemühl (now
Expressionist Dancer
Jo Mihaly started as a dancer in 1923. In 1933 she was well known for an anti-war dance she had devised with the World War I military boots, sword and helmet. She belonged to the German expressionist dancers of the 30s, along with
Novelist
Mihaly started by contributing articles and poems to the magazine of the Brotherhood of Wayfarers around 1925. She then wrote her first novel, Michael Arpad und sein Kind, a novel about a gypsy family. She wrote another novel in 1938, "Gesucht: Stepan Varesku". She wrote other books but only her World War I diary has been translated into English.
Media portrayal
Elfriede Kuhr is one of the 14 main characters of the series 14 - Diaries of the Great War. She is played by actress Elisa Monse.
References
- ^ Mihaly exhibition of 2005 Archived 2009-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Peace Matters 23c". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
Notes
- Biographical notes in There we'll meet again
- L'espace qui crie en moi - Hommage à la danse expressionniste allemande, a 1991 documentary.
- Petra Josting: ‚Zigeuner‘ in der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur der Weimarer Republik am Beispiel von Jo Mihalys ‚Michael Arpad und sein Kind. Ein Kinderschicksal auf der Landstraße’ (1930). In: Petra Josting/Walter Fähnders (Ed.): "Laboratorium Vielseitigkeit". Zur Literatur der Weimarer Republik. Festschrift für Helga Karrenbrock zum 60. Geburtstag. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2005 ISBN 3-89528-546-3(D)