Emma Wuttke-Biller
Emma Wuttke-Biller (born March 7, 1833 in Breslau , † April 16, 1913 in Dresden ) was a German writer .
Life
Emma Biller was born on March 7, 1833 as the daughter of a city council in Breslau. She grew up with three sisters and received careful upbringing and training with them. In 1854 she married her cousin, the historian Heinrich Wuttke , who was a professor at the University of Leipzig. He involved them in his work and in his dealings with scientists. Heinrich Wuttke died in 1876. Emma Wuttke-Biller then started working as a writer. She moved to Munich with her sister Clara Biller , who was also active as a writer, from where she moved to Dresden in 1886 to the house of her son Robert Wuttke . At times she also lived in Paris, Switzerland and Northern Italy. She died in Dresden in 1913. She published mostly girls' literature, short stories and novels as well as historical novels .
Works
- Trinchen of Gantersheim . Comedy. Wöller, Leipzig 1877.
- Coals of fire . Narrative. With 4 color prints after watercolors by Richard Ernst Kepler . Hanselmann, Stuttgart 1885.
- The house daughter. A story for girls aged 10 to 15. With 4 color prints after watercolors by Carl Offterdinger . Thienemann, Stuttgart 1884.
- Heinz the Latin. A school story for children aged 10-14. Perthes, Gotha 1884.
- Barbara Ittenhausen. An Augsburg family life in the 16th century. Reissner, Dresden 1884. ( digitized version ) 4th edition 1888.
- Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg . Reissner, Dresden 1886. ( restricted access )
- From four centuries. Stories for children. Perthes, Gotha 1880.
- Ulli. Story of a naughty girl. Reissner, Leipzig 1882. 4th edition Thienemann, Stuttgart 1902.
- The power of gold. By a true story. Perthes, Gotha 1887.
- Under the scepter of the court master. A Danish court story from the end of the 16th century. Reissner, Leipzig 1888.
- A man a word! Story of a German knight from the Crusades. Abel & Müller, Leipzig 1888. 2nd edition 1899.
- Our eldest. A story for young girls. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1889. 2nd edition 1893.
- Happy Holidays. Telling little girls. With four color prints after watercolors by Eugen Klimsch . Thienemann, Stuttgart 1889. ( digitized version )
- The siblings. A story from the German war of liberation. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1890. 2nd edition 1903.
- The confusion aunt. A story for young girls. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1891.
- Helen's diary. A year out of a girl's life. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1892.
- The youngest. A story for adult young girls. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1896.
- Mandatory. A family story from the Wars of Liberation. Reissner, Dresden and Leipzig 1896.
- Lina Bodmer. A story from the time of the Wars of Liberation. Lehmann, Munich 1899. 2nd edition under the title: Kriegsnot. Based on the real experiences of a family near Dresden during the years 1806-1813. With many illustrations based on originals by Hans W. Schmidt-Weimar . Dietrich, Munich 1910.
- Two cousins. A story for adult young girls. With eight inset pictures by Fritz Bergen . Thienemann, Stuttgart 1902
- A grandmother's fairy tale. With 3 full color pictures and book decorations by Walter Tiemann . Brandstetter, Leipzig 1904.
- In the enchanted little castle. A story for adult young girls. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1900.
literature
- Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Vol. 8th 6th edition Leipzig, 1913, pp. 58–59.
- Sophie Pataky: Lexicon of German women of the pen . Berlin 1898, Volume 2, p. 455.
- Fritz Abshoff (Hrsg.): Bildende Geister. Oestergaard, Berlin-Schöneberg 1905, p. 129.
- Otto Brunken, Bettina Hurrelmann, Maria Michels-Kohlhage and Gisela Wilkending (eds.): Handbook for children's and youth literature. From 1850 to 1900 , sp. 1014-1020.
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wuttke-Biller, Emma |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biller, E .; Biller, Emma |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1913 |
Place of death | Dresden |