Ottilie Bayer
Ottilie Bayer (born September 24, 1848 in Erlangen , † August 19, 1913 in Schweinfurt ) was a German writer .
Life
She was born in 1848 as the youngest daughter of high school professor Karl Bayer († 1883). She received her training first from 1857 in Hof and from 1862 in Schweinfurt. She suffered from neuroses at an early age . Her left hand was crippled from a burn, but she turned to writing in 1894 regardless. At the time she was living alone in Schweinfurt because her siblings and parents had already died. Bayer died in Schweinfurt in 1913.
She wrote works influenced by Christianity: In addition to non-fiction books in the field of nursing and hygiene, she also wrote works of fiction for young people and popular books. Smaller publications were mostly issued by Christian associations and societies, for example the main association for Christian edification writings and the Christian art publisher of Ernst Kaufmann in Constance . Some of her works also appeared in magazines; Stories like Die Holzhauersfamilie or Die Macht der Liebe were reprinted well into the 1930s.
Works (selection)
- Non-fiction
- 1896: How a sick room should be furnished
- 1896: Diary for the sick. Meditations and prayers for every day of the year
- 1897: Cure kidney disease through psychological treatment and hypnotism
- Fiction
- 1896: The Power of Love (story)
- 1896: The Good Shepherd (story)
- 1896: The recovered Bible (narrative)
- 1897: The Zillerthaler and his grandchild (historical story)
- 1897: The Two Friends (story)
- 1897: The Holzhauers family (story)
- 1898: Christmas blossoms (two stories)
- 1900: Little Ludwig: told based on a true story
- 1901: In obedience of faith (narrative)
- 1901: Go in peace!
- 1902: Three plays (contains The Association Meeting; The Honey Doctor; Dispute and Atonement)
- 1903: The Blessed Cure (story)
- 1907: Safe in Jesus' arms! (Stories)
- From god to god. Hirsch, Constance 1920. ( digitized version )
literature
- Bayer, Ottilie . 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. 152. Digitized at archive.org
- Bayer, Ottilie . 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. 17.
- Bayer, Miss Ottilie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 43 f. ( Digitized version ) .; Full text at zeno.org
- Bayer, Ottilie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 479 ( digitized version ). - Addendum
Web links
- Literature by and about Ottilie Bayer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Postcard dated February 22, 1915; Ludwig Dreschfeld regarding the date of death of Ottilie Bayer to Franz Brümmer ; In: Digital edition of the lexicographical estate of Franz Brümmer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayer, Ottilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1913 |
| Place of death | Schweinfurt |