Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

1901 - 1979

country of citizenship: German Democratic Republic

native language: German

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: Frederick William University

occupation: historian of classical antiquity, children's writer, university teacher, economist, writer, resistance fighter, historian

award received: Hervorragender Wissenschaftler des Volkes, Banner of Labor, National Prize of East Germany, Patriotic Order of Merit in silver, Friedrich-Gerstacquin price

Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (15 September 1901 – 16 June 1979) was a German novelist, activist, professor of ancient history, and the first woman to be elected full member of the German Academy of Sciences. She was a life-long supporter of Native American causes and the author of two series of revisionist Western novels, which retell US history from a Lakota perspective. For her humanistic portrayal of the Lakota, Welskopf-Henrich was bestowed by the Lakota the name Lakota-Tashina (literally: protective cover of the Lakota). Oscar Howe referred to her as the “German Ella Deloria”. Source: Wikipedia (en)