Hermine Villinger (February 9, 1849 – March 3, 1917) was a German novelist and short-story writer, who also wrote using the pseudonym H. Willfried. She was known for her stories of village life,[1] in the German literary genre known as Dorfgeschichte.[2]
Hermine Villinger | |
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| Born | February 9, 1849 Freiburg im Breisgau |
| Died | March 3, 1917 (aged 68) Karlsruhe |
| Pen name | H. Willfried |
| Occupation | Novelist and short-story writer |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Dorfgeschichte |
Life
editHermine Villinger was born on February 9, 1849, in Freiburg. She was a friend of the Austrian writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.[3] She died on March 3, 1917, in Karlsruhe.[1]
Works
edit- Der lange Hilarius, 1885.
- Sommerfrischen, 1887.
- Schwarzaldgeschichten, 1892.
- Unter Bauern und andere Geschichten. 1894.
- Mutter und Tochter, 1905.
- Die Dachprinzeß, 1908.
References
edit- ^ a b Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Villinger, Hermine (1849–1917)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
- ^ Weigert, Astrid (1997). "Dorfgeschichte". In Eigler, Friederike Ursula; Kord, Susanne (eds.). The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 9780313293139.
- ^ Woodford, Charlotte (2017). Women, Emancipation and the German Novel 1871–1910: Protest Fiction in its Cultural Context. LEGENDA / Modern Humanities Research Association and Routledge. ISBN 9781351191296.
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