Brigitte Augusti

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Under palm trees (1893)

Brigitte Augusti ( pseudonym ; actually Auguste Plehn, née Bresler, born February 1, 1839 in Danzig ; † April 14, 1930 there ) was a German author of girls' literature .

Life

Auguste Bresler was born as the daughter of the consistorial councilor and archdeacon of the Danzig Marienkirche Karl Heinrich Bresler (1797-1860). She was raised at home. In 1860 she married Carl Plehn (1835–1882), the manor owner of Borkau near Stargard . After the estate was sold in 1880, she moved back to Gdansk with her husband. Carl Plehn died two years later. Widowed, she moved to her sister, who was also widowed, in Summin, in 1886 with her in Lippy and since 1891 in Sopot . Since 1897 she has lived in the Danzig Heilig-Leichnam-Stift, and has been blind for the last 12 years.

After the death of her husband, she began to write for young women under the pseudonym "Brigitte Augusti". The publishing house Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn in Leipzig commissioned a series of books An deutschem Herd from her, based on the example of the historical novels by Gustav Freytag , aimed at girls. At the same time, Hirt & Sohn published the series Das Ahnenschloß by Oskar Höcker (4 volumes, 1879–1881) for boys. In total, she created about 25 works of girls' literature.

Her daughter Elisabeth Gnade (1863–1938) also worked as a writer.

Fonts (selection)

(The first edition is given)

  • Girlless. Pictures from May's life dedicated to her young friends . Hirt & Son, Leipzig 1882.
  • Home and world. Pictures from life in May. A continuation of the girlless . Hirt & Son, Leipzig 1883.
  • At a German stove. Cultural history stories from old and new times with special consideration of the life of German women. Hirt & Son, Leipzig
    • Volume 1: Great falcon and forest birds. Cultural history stories. from the 13th century . 1885 (illustrations by Woldemar Friedrich ).
    • Volume 2: Under the spell of the free imperial city. Cultural and historical narrative from the 15th century . 1886 (illustrations by Woldemar Friedrich).
    • Volume 3: The rectory at Tannenrode. Pictures from the time of the 80 years war. 1886 (illustrations by Wilhelm Räuber ).
    • Volume 4: The last Maltheims. Story from the time of Frederick the Great. 1888 (illustrations by Hugo Engl ).
    • Volume 5: The heirs of Scharfeneck. Pictures from the time of Queen Luise. 1889 (illustrations by Adalbert von Roeßler ).
  • At someone else's stove. Colorful pictures from close up and far away with a special focus on domestic life in different countries. For the ripe girl age. Hirt & Son, Leipzig
    • Volume 1: Gertrud's years of wandering. Experiences of a German girl in Alsace, Spain, Italy and France. 1889 (illustrations by Otto Gerlach ).
    • Volume 2: Twin Sisters. Experiences of two German girls in Scandinavia and England. 1891 (illustrations by Woldemar Friedrich).
    • Volume 3: Under palm trees. Descriptions from the life and missionary work of the Europeans in East India. 1893 (illustrations by Woldemar Friedrich and Carl Hermann Kuechler).
    • Volume 4: Beyond the ocean. Descriptions from North American life. 1894 (illustrations by Carl Hermann Kuechler).

literature

  • Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . 6th edition. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, Volume 5, pp. 303–304 ( digitized version )
  • Old Prussian Biography Vol. 1, Königsberg 1941, p. 23; Volume 3, Marburg 1975, p. 1041.
  • Plehn, Auguste . In: German Literature Lexicon . Vol. 12: Plachetka-Rilke. Francke, Bern & Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-317-01647-7 , column 43.
  • Alga Klotz: children's literature in Germany 1840-1950 : Volume 1: A-F . Metzler, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-476-00702-2 , pp. 65-66.
  • Gisela Wilkending (Ed.): Girls' literature of the imperial era: between female identification and crossing borders . Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-476-01963-2 , pp. 6. 79, 87, 89, 98ff. 104f. 111, 113f. 116f. 122ff. 134ff. 142, 144ff. 166ff. 169, 190ff. 200ff. 208ff. 225, 249f. 262, 277, 289, 294, 305.
  • Otto Brunken u. a. (Ed.): Handbook for children's and youth literature. From 1850-1900 . Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-01687-4 , Sp. 987-988.
  • Jennifer Drake Askey: A Library for Girls. Publisher Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn and the Novels of Brigitte Augusti . In: Lynne Tatlock (Ed.): Publishing Culture and the "Reading Nation". German Book History in the Long Nineteenth Century . Camden House, Rochester, NY 2010, ISBN 978-1-57113-402-8 , pp. 155-178.

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personal data
SURNAME Augusti, Brigitte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plehn, Auguste (real name); Bresler, Auguste (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of girls' literature
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1930
Place of death Danzig