Helene Stökl

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Helene Stökl ( pseudonyms : Constanze von Franken , Joconde ; born March 18, 1845 in Brandenburg an der Havel as Helene Boeckel ; † February 15, 1929 in Vienna ) was a German writer .

Life

Helene Stökl was the daughter of Karl Boeckel, a language teacher at the Knight Academy in Brandenburg Cathedral ; her sister was the writer Elise Linhart . Helene Stökl grew up in Brandenburg and Breslau .

She completed training as a teacher in Görlitz and passed her teacher exams in Bunzlau in 1863 . She then worked as a teacher in Saxony and in Wiener Neustadt . In 1869 she married the music teacher Rudolf Stökl ; the marriage had three children.

After the death of her husband in 1885, Helene Stökl lived with her eldest son, Pastor Erich Stökl, in Steyr from 1896 , in St. Pölten from 1901 and in Vienna from 1905 . From 1873 she wrote articles for Austrian newspapers and magazines , and from 1877 she published her own books.

Helene Stökl was the author of narrative works , mainly for children and young people . Many of her works can be assigned to the " Backfischliteratur ". She also wrote guides and etiquette books under the pseudonym Constanze von Franken . Her greatest success was the work Catechism of Good Tone and Fine Customs, first published in 1890 (later: Handbook of Good Tone and Fine Customs ), which appeared in 66 editions by 1933 and of which more than 300,000 copies were sold. In 1890, Helene Stökl was given an honorary gift from the Schwestern Fröhlich Foundation .

Works

Authorship

  • From the girls' days , Leipzig 1877
  • Maja , Berlin 1877
  • From happy days , Leipzig 1880
  • Eye to eye , Leipzig 1881
  • Do you mean me? , Munich 1881
  • At home and outside , Münster 1882 (together with Emil Rose)
  • He, Sie und Es , Leipzig 1882
  • For the children's nest , Munich 1882
  • Winding paths of life , Berlin 1882
  • Twilight hours , Dresden 1883
  • For young hearts , Dresden 1883
  • Under the Christmas tree , Leipzig 1883
  • Heart calendar , Leipzig 1884
  • Faithful in unfaithfulness , Berlin 1884
  • The tern. The rag girl. In the Thale des Tuareks , Stuttgart 1884
  • Our little ones , Leipzig 1885
  • Snow roses , Leipzig 1886
  • Light and dark , Berlin 1889
  • The Lorl and other stories for young girls , Berlin 1889
  • Märchenquell , Berlin 1889
  • The good tone for the children's world , Leipzig 1890 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • Catechism of the good tone and the fine custom , Leipzig 1890 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • To the sea , Teschen 1890
  • On its own , Graz 1891
  • Catechism of the toilet art and good taste , Leipzig 1891 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • On the threshold of life , Leipzig 1892
  • Three weeks on Lake Garda , Teschen 1892
  • Ida Pfeiffer's world trips , Graz 1892
  • The book to read aloud , Berlin 1893
  • How do I write my letters? , Stuttgart 1893 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • The house poet , Stuttgart 1894 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • What you want , Berlin 1894
  • What should we play? , Stuttgart 1894 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • What should i talk about , Stuttgart 1894 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • Joyful and sorrowful , Berlin 1895
  • Roberts experiences , Vienna 1895
  • The Christmas present and other stories , Vienna 1897
  • Catechism of female occupations and occupations , Leipzig 1897 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • Catechism of the Household , Leipzig 1897 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • How do I congratulate? , Leipzig 1897 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • Different goals in life. Woe to him who does not lie! , Berlin 1897
  • Novellas , Berlin 1899
  • How do you care for and raise your child? Leipzig 1899
  • In the service of the Lord , Leipzig 1901
  • Eighteen short stories for boys and girls , Berlin 1902
  • Children's happiness , Berlin 1902
  • How do I make myself popular? , Stuttgart 1902 (under the name Constanze von Franken)
  • Zur Freude , Ravensburg 1903 (together with Juliane Meyer)
  • In the black continent , Vienna 1904
  • In the youth country , Stuttgart 1905
  • Life and Love , Berlin 1905
  • 73 short stories , Berlin 1906 (together with M. von Loga)
  • 21 short stories for children from 7 to 10 years , Berlin 1906
  • The woman after the heart of the man , Munich 1906
  • On the beautiful blue Adriatic Sea , Vienna 1908
  • Fates , Berlin 1908
  • Happy youth , Stuttgart 1909 (together with Juliane Meyer)
  • "I want!" , Gotha 1909
  • After school , Berlin 1910
  • Dickchens and Dummchens favorite stories , Stuttgart 1911
  • From everywhere , Gotha 1912
  • O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree! , Stuttgart 1913
  • The colorful book , Stuttgart 1914
  • Hundred nursery rhymes with pictures , Ravensburg 1914 (together with Cora Lanzil)
  • White daffodils and other stories , Dresden [u. a.] 1915
  • Funny stories , Stuttgart 1916
  • Baron v. Münchhausen's Travels and Adventure , Stuttgart 1917
  • Somewhere and nowhere , Stuttgart 1917
  • Luginsland , Stuttgart 1917
  • Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks , Stuttgart 1917
  • From children and heroes , Gotha 1917
  • Wildfangs story book , Stuttgart 1917
  • Two rascals , Stuttgart 1917
  • Reineke Fuchs , Stuttgart 1919
  • A book by great and good people , Vienna 1920
  • How to do it, so how to do it , Gotha 1920
  • I want to tell you something , Stuttgart 1935 (together with Josephine Siebe )

Editing

  • Freia Girls' Library , Stuttgart
    • 1 (1894)
    • 2 (1895)
    • 3 (1896)
  • Celebration hours of the soul , Leipzig 1896
  • Adalbert Stifter : Colorful stones , Vienna 1901

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personal data
SURNAME Stökl, Helene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franken, Constanze von; Joconde; Boeckel, Helene (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg on the Havel
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1929
Place of death Vienna