Hans von Kahlenberg

Hans von Kahlenberg (Helene von Monbart) (around 1903)

Helene von Monbart

Hans von Kahlenberg , pseudonym for Helene Keßler born. von Monbart (born February 23, 1870 in Heiligenstadt / Thuringia ; † August 8, 1957 in Baden-Baden ) was a German writer . She was best known for her bestseller Ahasvera (1910). Her works Nixchen caused a sensation because of the erotic subject matter . A contribution to the psychology of the higher daughter (1899) and Der Fremde (1901).

Life

Helene von Monbart was born as the daughter of the officer Erich von Monbart and taught at the Keppel Abbey in Westphalia. She then went to boarding schools in France and England . From 1888 she worked as a teacher. In 1908 she married the Prussian forester Wilhelm Keßler. She liked to travel and stayed in Switzerland for a long time and often in Paris .

Her work Nixchen , which had a psychological-erotic theme, caused a stir .

Works

• A fool. Novel. Reissner, Dresden and Leipzig 1895.
• The young. A novel from the anniversary year. Reissner, Dresden and Leipzig 1896.
• Misery. Roman Reissner, Dresden and Leipzig 1897.
• (Anonymous) The last man. Apocalyptic novel. Vita, Berlin 1898.
• The von Barchwitz family. Novel. S. Fischer, Berlin 1899.
• Mermaid. A contribution to the psychology of the higher daughter. Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1899.
• The Sembritzkys. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1899.
• Eva Sehring. Story of a youth. S. Fischer, Berlin 1901.
• The old. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1901.
• Domestic happiness. From a husband's papers. Reissner, Dresden and Leipzig 1901.
• The stranger. A parable. Reissner, Dresden 1901.
• Society types. Reissner, Dresden 1902.
• Ulrike Dhuym, a beautiful soul. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1902.
• The strong woman from Gernheim. Novel. Seemann, Berlin and Leipzig 1904.
• The Seven Tales of the Princess Hummingbird. Wiener Verlag, Vienna and Leipzig 1904.
• Virgin Marie. Novella. Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1905.
• The way of life. Cultural novel. Vita, Berlin 1905.
• A man of spirit. Novella. Wiener Verlag, Vienna and Leipzig 1906.
• The king. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1906.
• A healthy man and other authors and sketches , 1906
• Edith's career. Salon novel , 1907
• (With Axel Delmar) Meissen porcelain. Friederician comedy in 4 acts. Decision, Berlin 1907.
• The fake randows. Vita, Berlin 1907.
• Dear god. A childhood story. Vita, Berlin 1908.
• The Swiss journey. A fun and sensitive summer story. Union, Stuttgart 1908.
• The enigmatic man. Vita, Berlin 1909.
• Toy. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1909.
• Ahasvera. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1910.
• The emperor. A tragedy in five acts. Vita, Berlin 1911.
• The strong sex. Vita, Berlin 1912.
• A ring. 2 volumes. Vita, Berlin 1908. (Volume 1: The Dear God , Volume 2: Sin 1912.)
• Stories in love. Funny leaves, Berlin 1913.
• The sweet women of Illenau. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1914.
• With rate book and check book. Wagon considerations by a Central European. German publishing house, Stuttgart 1914.
• Above the haze. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1916.
• Mother! Rascher, Zurich 1917.
• Red roses. Funny leaves, Berlin 1918 ( digitized version )
• Noon haunt. Hillger, Leipzig 1918.
• The fishtail. Harz, Vienna and Berlin 1920.
• Ladies hair salon. Eysler, Berlin 1921.
• Lisa Gorst. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1921.
• The devil's chess game. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1923.
• The secret of Pauline Farland. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin 1923.
• Walter Sirmes. The miraculous fate of a German industrial leader of our day. Novel. Vitta, Berlin 1925
• The other world. (Travel description) Weltgeist books, Berlin 1928
• The widow Scarron. Müller & Kiepenheuer, Berlin 1934.

literature

• Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Karola Ludwig, Angela Wöffen: Lexicon of German-speaking women writers 1800–1945. dtv Munich, 1986. ISBN 3-423-03282-0 . P. 146.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans von Kahlenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Nixchen in Project Gutenberg ( currently not available to users from Germany )