Helene Voigt-Diederichs Explained

Helene Theodora Voigt-Diederichs (28 May 1875  - 3 December 1961) was a German writer.^[1]

The daughter of Christian Theodor Voigt and Marie Louise Brinckmann, she was born Helene Theodora Voigt on the family estate Marienhoff near Eckernförde^[1] and was educated by private tutors. Voigt sent Hermann Hesse a "fan letter" after reading one of his poems in 1897 and the two continued to exchange letters for a number of years.^[2] In 1898, she married the publisher Eugen Diederichs. She moved with him to Jena; after they separated in 1911, she moved to Brunswick but returned to Jena in 1931.^[3] She died in Jena at the age of 86.^[1]

Selected works

Source:^[3]

• Regine Vosgerau, novel (1901)
• Unterstrom, lyrics (1901), inspired by Jens Peter Jacobsen
• Dreiviertel Stund vor Tag (Three-quarters of an hour before day-break), novel (1905)
• Aus Kinderland (The land of children), stories (1907)
• Wandertage in England (Wandering in England), travelogue (1912)
• Mann und Frau (Husband and wife), stories (1921)
• Marienhoff, biography (1925), describes her mother's life
• Ring um Roderich (A ring around Roderick), novel (1929)
• Der grüne Papagei (The green parrot), stories (1934)
• Gast in Siebenbürgen (A guest in Siebenbürgen), travelogue (1936)
• Das Verlöbnis (The engagement), novel (1942)
• Der Zaubertrank (The enchanted drink), stories (1948)
• Die Bernsteinkette (The amber necklace), stories (1951)
• Waage des Lebens (The scale of life), novel (1952)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Voigt-Diederichs, Helene Theodora . Datenbank Schrift und Bild. de.
2. Book: Helt, Richard C . A Poet Or Nothing at All: The Tübingen and Basel Years of Hermann Hesse . 67–70 . 1995 . 1571810757.
3. Book: Bédé, Jean Albert . Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature . 857 . Edgerton, William Benbow . 1980 . 0231037171.