Helene Böhlau

Helene Böhlau (German: [he.ˈleː.nə ˈbøː.laʊ̯] ^ⓘ; 22 November 1859 in Weimar – 26 March 1940 in Augsburg) was a German novelist.^[1]

Biography edit

She traveled much in the East, married Omar al-Raschid Bey (born as Friedrich Arnd) in Istanbul, and settled down in Munich. In 1888 her sketches of Weimar (Ratsmädelgeschichten) brought her a large measure of fame. She showed a leaning toward the Romantic school now and then, but on the whole her descriptions were realistic and her writing was imbued with passion.

Works edit

Novellen (1882)
Es hat nicht Sein Sollen (It shouldn't have been, 1891)
Das Recht der Mutter (The mother's right, 1896; new ed., 1903)
Neue Ratsmädel- und Weimarische Geschichten (1897)
Halbtier (Half animal, 1899)
Sommerbuch (1902)
Die Kristallkugel (The crystal ball, 1903)
Isebies (1911)

Notes edit

Helene Böhlau's Ratsmädel series made the daughters of Weimar Burgermeister Friedrich Kirsten known in all of Germany: Memorial tablet at Windischenstraße 13 in Weimar

^ German Wikipedia says she was born in 1856.

References edit

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Böhlau, Helene" . Encyclopedia Americana.

External links edit

Works by or about Helene Böhlau at Internet Archive
Works by Helene Böhlau at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

[1] German Wikipedia says she was born in 1856.

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