Helene Böhlau

Portrait of Helene Böhlau

Helene Böhlau (German: [heˈleːnə ˈbøːlaʊ] ; 22 November 1859 in Weimar – 26 March 1940 in Augsburg) was a German novelist.

Biography

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

• 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

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

References

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

External links

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