Bertha Frederich née Heyn (1825 - May 10, 1882

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

) was a German novelist. She used pseudonyms, including ''Golo Raimund''.

Biography

She was born in 1825, in the

Kingdom of Hanover The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Han ...

. She married Eduard Frederich, editor of the ''Hannöverscher Courier'', in which her first writings appeared. In order to conceal her identity, she used various

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...

s—going so far as to have the true authorship of her novels ascribed to a fictitious personage, ''Georg Dannenberg''. She wrote, in all, about 22 novels, nearly all of which have been republished.

Works

*''Bauernleben'' (3d ed. 1888) *''Zwei Bräute'' (4th ed. 1888) *''Schloss Elkrath'' (3d ed. 1885) *''Von Hand zu Hand'' (2d ed. 1885, Eng. trans. by

Annis Lee Wister Annis Lee Furness Wister (9 October 1830, Philadelphia - 15 November 1908, Philadelphia) was a translator who resided in the United States. She specialized in translations from German to English. Biography She was the daughter of the Rev. William ...

, 1882) *''Mein ist die Rache'' (3d ed. 1885) *''Zwei Menschenalter'' (3d ed. 1886) *''Ein deutsches Weib'' (5th ed. 1886) * ''Ein hartes Herz'' (1860, 4th ed. 1897) * ''Gebrüder Spalding'' (1857, 4th ed. 1897) * ''Ein Familienschmuck'' (1858, 4th ed. 1896) * ''Bürgerlich Blut'' (1859, 4th ed. 1889)

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References

* 1825 births 1882 deaths Writers from Hanover People from the Kingdom of Hanover German women novelists 19th-century German novelists 19th-century German women writers {{Germany-writer-stub