Helene Bernhardt

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Helene Bernhardt , b. Beling (born January 14, 1873 in Leobschütz , Province of Silesia , † after 1908) was a German writer . She also wrote under the pseudonym Helene Ehrhardt .

Life

Helene Beling was the daughter of a steam mill owner . She grew up with two younger brothers in Leobschütz, Upper Silesia . When she was eleven years old, her mother died. That is why her father gave her to the Ursulines in Freiwaldau Monastery in 1884 . After her father died two years later, Helene came to see her aunt. In September 1891 she married the doctor Dr. Bernhardt. The unhappy marriage resulted in three children, two of whom died shortly after birth.

Helene Bernhardt had started writing for the Neue Blatt in 1895 . Her stories have succeeded in making a living as a writer, especially after she divorced her husband in 1904. She also traveled a lot; in 1906 she settled in Elbingerode .

Works (selection)

  • Destitute girls. Novel. 1904.
  • Love sacrifices and other stories. Little stories. 1904.
  • Human lives that lie. Novel. 1905.
  • Reitertod and other short stories. Silesian Printing Cooperative, Wroclaw 1902.
  • The stronger wins. Novel. 1907.
  • His legacy. Novel. 1907.
  • On love paths. Novel. 1908.

literature

  • Bernhardt, Helene . In: Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, p. 206.
  • Bernhardt, Helene . In: 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. 24.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Bernhardt, Helene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beling, Helene (maiden name); Ehrhardt, Helene (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Leobschütz , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH after 1908