Henny Koch
Henny Koch (born September 22, 1854 in Alsfeld , † June 13, 1925 in Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse ; actually Henriette Koch ) was a German author and translator for young people .
Life
Born on September 22nd, 1854 in Alsfeld , Henny Koch moved in 1881 with her widowed aunt Sophie Ernst to Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse , initially lived in the house at Zwingenberger Strasse 4, then known as "Villa Ernst", but since 1898 with her Mother Amalie, b. Hartmann, at Zwingenberger Str. 20, called "Die Klause". Several writers lived in Jugenheim at the beginning of the first decade of the 20th century. Henny Koch as an author of books for girls was one of them, with Helene Christaller , who is still known today, and also with Reinhard Roehle as an author of adventure books, both of whom knew Henny Koch well and wrote obituaries for her death on June 13, 1925. Henny Koch was 70 years old.
To her books
Today, almost forgotten, she was a very well-known in their time, widely read young writer who 29 young people's books , especially books for young girls, has been published. Her stories mostly appeared as sequels in the illustrated girls' newspaper “Das Kränzchen”, and were only published later in book form (partly in the then very popular series of the Kränzchen library ). Some of them have even been translated into five languages. Henny Koch began her writing career in 1890 with translations of American works (for example, the first German translation by Huckleberry Finn in 1890 ) and with the free adaptation of a book by Laura E. Richards, until she published her first work in 1901.
She wrote all the books and short stories in Jugenheim. Even if the place itself is never mentioned, it can be seen in some stories that the surroundings and the inhabitants of the Hessian Bergstrasse have inspired them.
Her books are to be counted among the Backfisch literature, whereby it is not only about typical Backfischromane , but also other, untypical topics are woven into the story of the development of a young girl. Literary studies speak of genres emerging during the imperial era , the girls 'war novel, girls' colonial novel, girls 'travel novel and the historical girls' novel. In Henny Koch's work there are examples of each of these genres, but of course also several typical backfish novels.
In her book Die Vollrads in Südwest there are justifications for the German colonization of Africa and the war against the Herero . The aim was the black population in the territories, which - unlike the German Empire - supposedly " do not need " " to really make people " and "them as profit [to] bring what we culture call ".
Works
- My ray of sunshine , 1901
- The maiden from abroad , 1902
- Rose Marie's Path to Happiness , 1904
- Papa's boy , 1905
- The Traut , 1905
- Mother Sylvia , 1906
- All sorts of funny things for our boys and girls , 1907
- Wisp , 1907
- From a great time , 1908
- Laughing to Life , 1908
- Friedel Polten and their ranks , 1909
- Little stories for little people , 1910
- Evchen the Obstinacy , 1911
- The Comtess , 1911
- In the Land of Flowers , 1912
- A brave girl , 1914
- The Vollrads in Southwest , 1916
- Old Fritz's goddaughter , 1916
- Wild Lorle , 1916
- The Hidden Manuscript , 1917
- From sunny days , 1917
- Little Big Little , 1919
- Glory , 1921
- Von der Lach-Els and others , 1922
- Jungfer Ursel , 1922
- The little joy , 1924
- Highborn , 1925
- The five of us , 1930
Translations
- Mark Twain : Humoresques . Translation: Margarete Jacobi, Henny Koch and L. Ottmann. Leipzig 1900 online
literature
- Ulrich Cartarius , Dana Rothstein: The hermitage in Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse - Dichterheim - language school - cultural monument. In: Georg G. Iggers , Dieter Schott , Hanns H. Seidler, Michael Toyka-Seid (eds.): University - History - City. Festschrift for Helmut Böhme. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-534-18616-8 .
- Dana Rothstein: Henny Koch. In: Kurt Franz, Günter Lange, Franz-Josef Payrhuber (Hrsg.): Children's and youth literature. A lexicon. Authors, illustrators, publishers, terms. Corian Verlag, Meitingen 2005, ISBN 3-89048-150-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Henny Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Henny Koch in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Everything about Henny Koch at www.hennykoch.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cook, Henny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koch, Henriette (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alsfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1925 |
| Place of death | Youth home on Bergstrasse |