Sophie Junghans
Sophie Junghans (born December 3, 1845 in Kassel , † December 16, 1907 in Hildburghausen ) was a German writer .
Sophie Junghans, daughter of the Hessian court counselor Justus Junghans, received a rich education, which was deepened and expanded through the impressions of a multi-year stay in Berlin, England, Italy. In 1877 she married Joseph Schuhmann, professor at the Technical Institute in Rome, and lived in Kassel again from 1878.
After she had published a volume of poems as well as the short story collections : Past Hours (Leipzig 1871) and Joyful and Sorrowful (Jena 1873, 2 vols.) In 1869, she founded the novels , which were distinguished by their energy of style and characteristics: Käthe, Geschichte einer modern girl (Leipzig 1876, 2 vol.) and Haus Eckberg , a description of customs from the Thirty Years War (Leipzig 1878, 2 vol.), their literary reputation.
Later followed:
- Orsanna and other stories (Jena 1880)
- The unwilling heiress (Stuttgart 1881)
- The daughter-in-law (Berlin 1882)
- Hella Jasmund and other stories (Stuttgart 1883)
- New Novellas (Leipzig 1883)
- The guests of Madame Santines (Leipzig 1884, 2 vol.)
- Chiaroscuro (Leipzig 1885)
- The American (1886)
Web links
- Literature by and about Sophie Junghans in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Junghans, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schuhmann, Sophie; Schuhmann-Junghans, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1907 |
| Place of death | Hildburghausen |