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Isabella Braun (born 12 December 1815 in Jettingen, died 2 May 1886 in
Braun was the daughter of Bernhard Maria Braun, and his wife Euphemia. After her father's death in 1827, the family moved to Augsburg, where Isabella Braun attended secondary school until 1834. In 1836 she studied to become a teacher at the St. Ursula Teachers Training College in Augsburg, and a year later she was employed at the elementary school in
Isabella Braun (born 12 December 1815 in Jettingen, died 2 May 1886 in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
) was a German writer.
Biography
Braun was the daughter of Bernhard Maria Braun, and his wife Euphemia. After her father's death in 1827, the family moved to Augsburg, where Isabella Braun attended secondary school until 1834. In 1836 she studied to become a teacher at the St. Ursula Teachers Training College in Augsburg, and a year later she was employed at the elementary school in Neuburg an der Donau
Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany.
Divisions
The municipality has 16 divisions:
* Altmannstetten
* Bergen, Neu ...
. In 1848, the school was handed over to a monastery, and Isabella Braun was given early retirement. In her following years she devoted herself to writing youth literature.
Isabella Braun's first work, "Pictures from Nature", was published in 1849. She published numerous other works in the coming years that were published exclusively by Scheitlin in Stuttgart. In 1854, she moved to Muchich where she published works for a magazine under the title "Youth Papers for Christian Entertainment and Instruction.
Selected works
*Pictures from nature (1849) *Pictures from German History (1851) *Little Stories (1851) *Life Pictures (1856) *In the green forest (1856, 1874 with illustration by Ferdinand Rothbart ; from 1889 with illustration by Albert Richter ) *True Stories (1858) *Name booklet (1861) *Much (1867) *From my youth (1871) *Good evening (1879) *Girl's Favorite Book (1880 as ''Der Mädchen liebstes Buch'' with illustrations fromPietronella Peters
Pietronella Peters (1848-1924) was a German painter who specialized in portraits and genre scenes of children.
Biography
She was born to Pieter Francis Peters, a Dutch landscape painter, and his wife, Heinrike Gertrude née Mali. Her grandf ...
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*Village stories (1882)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Isabella German women writers 1815 births 1886 deaths