Else von Borgstede

Else von Borgstede (born March 10, 1866 in Leppin , Fürstenthum district ; † unknown) was a German poet and writer.

Life

She was born in Leppin in Pomerania in 1866 as the second daughter of the manor owner August von Borgstede (1829–1886) and his wife Emmy Dannhauser . She got lessons from private tutors. She began to write early; She sent numerous fairy tales and children's songs to youth magazines.

Her works include fairy tales, poems, stories for children and young people, children's songs, plays and sketches. A large part of her works appeared in magazines such as Fürs Haus , This sheet belongs to the housewife and Deutsche Modenzeitung . Her love for nature is reflected in her writings.

From 1891 she lived with her sister Emmy (* 1864), who was also active in literature, for years in Berlin or in the Berlin suburbs.

Works (selection)

• The dissatisfied (fairy tale)
• What happened in the forest (fairy tale)
• The holiest tear (fairy tale)
• The song thrush (fairy tale)
• The haunted treasure (fairy tale)
• To create a recipe (Dram. Szene, 1902),
• Knecht Ruprechts Macht (fairytale story, 1904)
• Antidote (comedy, 1911)
• The festival cake (Schwank, 1911)
• What the thrush sang (Christmas fairy tale , 1917)

literature

• Richard Wrede (ed.): The spiritual Berlin . Vol. 1. 1897
• Borgstede, Miss. Else v. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 88 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present , 6th edition, Leipzig, 1913