Clara Bertha Friederike von Bülow (known as Babette von Bülow;

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

, Hans Arnold; 30 September 1850 – 8 March 1927) was a German writer of short stories, comedies and farces.

Biography

Clara Bertha Friederike Eberty was born in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój, 30 September 1850. She was the daughter of the lawyer, writer and amateur astronomer, Felix Eberty, professor at the

University of Breslau A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

and Mary Hasse. She grew up in Breslau where she studied in a French school and married Lieutenant Colonel Adolf

von Bülow The term () is used in German surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means or . Nobility directories like the often abbreviate the noble term to ''v.'' I ...

on 10 June 1876. The military career of her husband led them to live in different garrisons such as

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

in 1893,

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...

in 1896, Frankfurt Oder in 1900,

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

in 1902 and again from 1905 in Erfurt. She personally knew

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism, realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he i ...

. She died in Arendsee, Kühlungsborn,

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

in 1927.

Selected works

* ''Novellen'' (1881) * ''Neue Novellen'' (1884) * ''Geburtstagsfreuden'' (1884) * ''Fünf neue Novellen'' (1885) * ''Berlin-Ostende mit zehntägigem Retourbillet'' (1886) * ''Ein neues Novellenbuch'' (1886) * ''Der Umzug und andere Novellen'' (1889) * ''Theorie und Praxis'' (Lustspiel, 1890) * ''Lustige Geschichten'' (1890) * ''Zwei Friedfertige'' (, 1891) * ''Einst im Mai! und andere Novellen'' (1892) * ''Dornen um die Rose'' (1893) * ''Sonnenstäubchen. Neue Novellen'' (1894) * ''Theorie und Praxis'' (Lustspiel, 1895) * ''Aus alten und neuen Tagen'' (1896) * ''Maskiert und andere Novellen'' (1898) * ''Christel und andere Novellen'' (1899) * ''Zwei Affen und andere Novellen'' (1902) * ''Perücke? Neue Novellen'' (1904) * ''Herbstsonne. Neue Novellen'' (1907) * ''Vom „Drachenfels“ des Lebens. Beobachtungen und Betrachtungen'' (1907) * ''Ausgewählte Novellen'' (1907) * ''Aus der Kinderzeit. Erinnerungen'' (1909)

Sources

* Fritz Abshoff: ''Bildende Geister''. Band 1. Oestergaard, Berlin 1905, S. 20. * Franz Brümmer: ''Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart''. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, S. 377. * (Erwähnung im Familienartikel) *

Walther Killy Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Götting ...

, Hans Fromm: ''Literatur-Lexikon. Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache''. Bertelsmann Lexikon, München 1988, , S. 293. * Gisela Brinker-Gabler: ''Deutsche Literatur von Frauen''. Verlag C.H. Beck, München 1988, , S. 160. * Susanne Kord: ''Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen. Deutschsprachige Dramatikerinnen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert''. Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, S. 345.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulow, Babette von 1850 births 1927 deaths 19th-century German writers 19th-century German women writers 20th-century German writers 20th-century German women writers German women short story writers German short story writers German comedy writers People from Jelenia Góra Pseudonymous women writers 19th-century pseudonymous writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers