Paula Preradović known professionally as Paula von Preradović or by her married name as Paula Molden, was a Croatian and Austrian writer and narrator.

She was a granddaughter of the Croatia

Croatia

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n poet

Poet

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, Petar Preradović

Petar Preradovic

Petar Preradović was a Croatian poet of Serb origin.- Biography :Preradović was born in the village of Grabrovnica , which was part of the Austrian Military Frontier, in Serbian Orthodox family of Jovan Preradović and Pelagija Preradović. He spent childhood in Grubišno Polje, were his father was...

. She was born in Vienna

Vienna

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 but her family moved to Pula

Pula

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, Istria

Istria

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, in 1889. Later she lived in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 and again in Vienna. She was married to the journalist Ernst Molden and gave birth to two sons, the newspaper correspondent and editor, Fritz Molden, and a banker, Otto Molden

Otto Molden

Prof. Otto Molden was an Austrian publicist, federalist and author of various books about European identity and history. He founded the European Forum Alpbach in 1945.-Early life:...

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She composed the lyrics for the national anthem

National anthem

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 of Austria

Austria

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 in 1947, Land der Berge, Land am Strome

Land der Berge, Land am Strome

Land der Berge, Land am Strome is the national anthem of Austria.Nineteen days before his death on December 5, 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his last complete work, the Freimaurerkantate, K. 623. In parts of the printed edition of this cantata there appeared the song K. 623a ""...

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It is said that, after she was informed that her lyrics had been chosen for the national anthem, her son, Fritz, composed a satirical version of the anthem, for the amusement of the family.

Works

Lyric:

• Dalmatinische Sonette, 1933
• Lob Gottes im Gebirge, 1936
• Ritter, Tod und Teufel, 1946

Prose:

• Pave und Pero, 1940
• Die Versuchung des Columba, 1951
• Königslegende, 1950
• Wiener Chronik 1945, her diary, which was published only in 1995.