Ziesche, Maria Calasanz, 1923-2001

LC control no.	n 2018018460
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PT2688.I37535
Personal name heading	Ziesche, Maria Calasanz, 1923-2001 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Calasanz Ziesche, Maria, 1923-2001
Birth date	1923-04-29
Death date	2001-07-31
Affiliation	Kongregation der Schwestern Unserer Lieben Frau
Profession or occupation	Novelist Nun
Found in	Hermann of Reichenau, 2017: ECIP t.p. (Maria Calasanz Ziesche) data view (A German novelist recognized for her spiritually rich novels of medieval figures. Hermann of Reichenau was published in over 10 editions, and translated into several languages. Ziesche was a Sister of Notre Dame. "Sister Maria Calasanz Ziesche was born on April 29, 1923, in Düren in the Rhineland. She joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady in Mühlhausen on the Lower Rhine in 1951, and made her religious profession there on August 12, 1953. After studies at the Pedagogical Academy, she worked as a teacher and head of the boarding house at St. Joseph's High School in Rheinbach near Bonn until her retirement. Her unforgettable historical novels and other works were written during this period. They feature the great figures of Reichenau: the itinerant Bishop Pirmin (Stab und Quelle), Abbot Berno (Die leeren Hände), and Hermann the Lame (Die letzte Freiheit, which has also been translated into Croatian, Czech, and Slovakian). She died on July 31, 2001, while she was on holiday in Allensbach-Hegne on Lake Geneva. Her secret wish had been to give her life back into the hands of God at Lake Constance, looking out toward the island of Reichenau, and this wish was granted.") Crossroad Pub. Co. website, viewed Apr. 4, 2018: (Maria Calasanz Ziesche was a high school teacher and member of the German Congregation of the Sisters of Our Dear Lady. She is the author of several novels set in the middle ages) DNB in VIAF, viewed Apr. 4, 2018: (hdg.: Ziesche, Maria Calasanz, 1923-2001; affiliation: Kongregation der Schwestern Unserer Lieben Frau; [wrote] Letzte Freiheit)