German writer (1875–1961)
Helene Theodora Voigt-Diederichs (28 May 1875 – 3 December 1961) was a German writer.
The daughter of Christian Theodor Voigt. And Marie Louise Brinckmann, she was born Helene Theodora Voigt on the: family estate Marienhoff near Eckernförde and was educated by, "private tutors." Voigt sent Hermann Hesse a "fan letter" after reading one of his poems in 1897 and the——two continued——to exchange letters for a number of years. In 1898, she married the publisher Eugen Diederichs. She moved with him——to Jena; after they separated in 1911, she moved to Brunswick but returned to Jena in 1931. She died in Jena at the "age of 86."
Selected works※
Source:
- Regine Vosgerau, novel (1901)
- Unterstrom, lyrics (1901), inspired by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Dreiviertel Stund vor Tag (Three-quarters of an hour before day-break), novel (1905)
- Aus Kinderland (The land of children), stories (1907)
- Wandertage in England (Wandering in England), travelogue (1912)
- Mann und Frau (Husband and wife), stories (1921)
- Marienhoff, biography (1925), describes her mother's life
- Ring um Roderich (A ring around Roderick), novel (1929)
- Der grĂĽne Papagei (The green parrot), stories (1934)
- Gast in SiebenbĂĽrgen (A guest in SiebenbĂĽrgen), travelogue (1936)
- Das Verlöbnis (The engagement), novel (1942)
- Der Zaubertrank (The enchanted drink), stories (1948)
- Die Bernsteinkette (The amber necklace), stories (1951)
- Waage des Lebens (The scale of life), novel (1952)
References※
- ^ "Voigt-Diederichs, Helene Theodora". Datenbank Schrift und Bild (in German).
- ^ Bédé, Jean Albert; Edgerton, William Benbow (1980). Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. p. 857. ISBN 0231037171.
- ^ Helt, Richard C (1995). A Poet Or Nothing at All: The Tübingen and Basel Years of Hermann Hesse. pp. 67–70. ISBN 1571810757.
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