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Henry Winterfeld
Henry Winterfield seated, in a jacket and tie.
Born(1901-04-09)April 9, 1901
Hamburg, Germany
DiedJanuary 27, 1990(1990-01-27) (aged 88)
Machias, Maine, U.S.
Pen nameManfred Michael
OccupationWriter, artist
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipUnited States
Period1937–1976
GenresChildren, young adult
SpouseElsie Winterfeld
ChildrenThomas Henry Winterfeld
Relatives

Henry Winterfeld (April 9, 1901 – January 27, 1990), published under the pseudonym Manfred Michael, was a German writer and artist famous for his children's and young adult novels. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and lived there until his death.

Henry Winterfeld was married to Elsie Winterfeld, who was a designer of toys and created a patented three-faced doll.

Biography

Henry Winterfeld began his career as a writer in 1933, when he wrote to entertain his son, Thomas Henry Winterfeld (1923–2008, an oceanographer), who was young and sick with scarlet fever. The result was Henry Winterfeld's first book, Trouble at Timpetill, which was published in 1937 in German under the pseudonym Manfred Michael.

He wrote many books aimed at children. These books have been translated into various languages. A couple have been made into videos, such as the movie Les enfants de Timpelbach (English: Trouble at Timpetill) (2008).

Because of the Nazi regime in Germany, Henry Winterfeld, who was a Jew, moved to Austria in 1933 and from there emigrated to France in 1938. In October, 1939, he was arrested and interned in Nevers until he was able to emigrate to the United States before the German invasion of France began on May 10, 1940. In 1946, he became an American citizen. Winterfeld's niece, Marianne Gilbert Finnegan, describes the life of the Winterfelds in the United States in her autobiography Memories of a Mischling: Becoming an American.

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References

  1. Winterfeld, Elsie Gilbert (1948). "Three-in-One Doll, Patent CA 450472". New York, Bronx County, New York, U.S.: Canadian International Property Office. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  2. Tom Winterfeld passes away. His son's obituary at the website for the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) program of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
  3. Henry Winterfeld - IMDb
  4. Parts of this section were translated by computer from the German Misplaced Pages entry and summarized.
  5. ^ "Author Information: Henry Winterfeld". Internet Book List. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013. Biography's Source: Biography: Henry Winterfeld (1901–1990) was born in Germany. He began writing for children in 1933, when he wrote Trouble at Timpetill to entertain his son, who was sick with scarlet fever. He went on to write a number of children's books, which have been published around the world.
  6. ^ "Henry Winterfeld (Author of Detectives in Togas)". Goodreads. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  7. Gale, Floyd C. (July 1958). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. p. 109.

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