Henry winterfeld biography

Entry updated 28 November 2022. Tagged: Author.

(1901-1990) German author, in Austria then France from 1933 because of his Jewish birth, in USA from 1940, an American citizen from 1946; he also wrote as by Manfred Michael and as by Henry Gilbert.

The German-language publications of his first novel, Timpetill – Die Stadt ohne Eltern ["Timpetill: City without Parents"] (1937; trans Kyrill Schabert as Trouble at Timpetill1963) was as by Manfred Michael; the English translation appeared under his own name.

In the tale, which is for children, the adults of the eponymous town, outraged at their children's insolence, all leave town, but are arrested by soldiers before they can return; in the microcosm created by their absence [for Polder see TheEncyclopedia of Fantasy under links below], after defeating a fascist bully, the children create a new society.

In Kommt ein Mädchen geflogen ["Fallen from the Sky"] (1956; trans Kyrill Schabert as Star Girl1957), a g