Elilla Bagge

Elilla Bagge (born October 28, 1847 in Altershausen ; † after 1901) was a German writer , translator and educator.

Life

Bagge was born in 1847 as the daughter of pastor Oskar Bagge, who worked as a writer. In addition to theological treatises, he also wrote folk writings.

Bagge was trained as an educator and then worked in Germany, Switzerland and England. She also worked as a language teacher. In the 1880s she published her first short stories and translations, mainly of works by the Swiss writer Adèle Huguenin , who wrote under the pseudonym T. Combe. Bagge moved to Leipzig , where she still lived in 1898.

Works (selection)

as an author

• The shamrock . 1898.
• Enemies of family happiness . Verlag der Evangelische Buchhandlung, Hamburg 1889.

as a translator

• T. Combe : Monsieur Vélo, Hercules' secret, Doctor Job. 3 novellas . Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1885.
• T. Combe: Poor Marcel. Novella (“Pauvre Marcel”, 1888). Reclam, Leipzig 1889.
• T. Combe: Electric-Electrac . Reclam, Leipzig 1889.
• T. Combe: The Verdan sisters (library of foreign tongues; vol. 8). DVA, Stuttgart 1893.
• Edna Lyall : Donovan. Life story of an Englishman from our day ("Donovan. A modern Englishman"). Wigand, Leipzig 1894.
• René Fath : An American marriage (“Mariage américain”). Reclam, Leipzig 1901.
• Pierre Loti : The Icelandic fishermen ("Pêcheur d'Islande"). Reclam, Leipzig 1901.
• Jean Rameau : Marie's wedding ("Le roman de Marie"). Reclam, Leipzig 1906.

literature

• Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , (Repertories on the history of German literature 9), p. 13.
• Bagge, Miss Elilla . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 31 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Elilla Bagge in the literature portal Bavaria