Helene Böhlau (; 22 November 1859 in
Weimar
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– 26 March 1940 in
Augsburg
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) was a German novelist.
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says she was born in 1856.
Biography
She traveled much in the
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, married Omar al-Raschid Bey (born as Friedrich Arnd) in
Istanbul
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, and settled down in
Munich
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. 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)
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1859 births
1940 deaths
Writers from Weimar
People from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
19th-century German novelists
20th-century German novelists
German women novelists
20th-century German women writers
19th-century German women writers