Bertha von Suttner facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Bertha von Suttner
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Bertha von Suttner c. 1906
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| Born | 9 June 1843 |
| Died | 21 June 1914 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize, 1905 |
Bertha von Suttner was an Austrian novelist. She was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Suttner wrote a novel called Die Waffen nieder!. This means "Lay Down Your Arms!" in English.
Images for kids
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Suttner in 1873
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Schloss Harmannsdorf in 2013
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Suttner's residence in Tbilisi
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Suttner in 1896
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Imaginative drawing by Marguerite Martyn and a photo of Bertha von Suttner, 1912, with a victorious Suttner holding a scroll labeled "International Peace Treaty / England / France / America." In the corner cowers a representation of a defeated warrior labelled "WAR." A broken sword and shield is on the ground. A tangle of broken warships is at the left side. At top are newspaper headlines from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of October 20, 1912.
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The front covers of Suttner's 1912 essay "Die Barbarisierung der Luft" and its English Translation, published in 2016 by The Bertha von Suttner Project.
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