Helene Migerka (13 September 1867,

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– 26 March 1928,

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) was an Austrian

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and

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. She was a daughter of the Austrian feminist and writer Katharina Kämpffat (1844,

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– 1922) and museologist Franz Migerka (1828–1915). Her cousin was

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. She committed suicide in 1928.

Literary works

* ''Gedichte'', 1889 * ''Neue Gedichte'', 1895 * ''Das Glück der Häßlichen und andere Skizzen und Satiren'', 1913 * ''Der neue Besen'', 1920

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1867 births 1928 deaths Writers from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia 19th-century Austrian novelists 20th-century Austrian novelists 19th-century Austrian women writers 20th-century Austrian women writers Austrian feminists Austrian women novelists Moravian-German people Austrian people of Moravian-German descent 1928 suicides Suicides in Austria {{feminist-stub