Henny Koch
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Henny Koch was a translator and a German children's author. She was born in Alsfeld
, Grand Duchy of Hesse
. From 1898 on, she lived in Jugenheim
an der Bergstraße
in Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1890. Henny Koch wrote 29 books, mainly for young girls. Her books were published in eight countries. Her most successful work was a series of novels, beginning with Papas Junge, in which you can accompany the protagonist through her life as a young girl, a mother and grandmother. A film has been made based on this novel Il birichino di papà, Italy, 1943, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
with music by Nino Rota
.
Alsfeld
Alsfeld is a town in the center of Hesse, somewhere in Germany. Large towns nearby are Bad Hersfeld about 33 km to the east, Fulda 36 km to the southeast, Gießen 47 km to the west and Marburg an der Lahn about 36 km to the northwest...
, Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
. From 1898 on, she lived in Jugenheim
Seeheim-Jugenheim
Seeheim-Jugenheim is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of approximately 17,000.Seeheim-Jugenheim consists of seven villages:*Balkhausen *Jugenheim...
an der Bergstraße
Bergstraße
Bergstraße is the name of a mountainous theme route, and the area around it, stretching across the western edge of the Odenwald in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
in Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1890. Henny Koch wrote 29 books, mainly for young girls. Her books were published in eight countries. Her most successful work was a series of novels, beginning with Papas Junge, in which you can accompany the protagonist through her life as a young girl, a mother and grandmother. A film has been made based on this novel Il birichino di papà, Italy, 1943, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
Raffaello Matarazzo
Raffaello Matarazzo was an Italian film-maker.- Biography :He started writing film reviews for Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines...
with music by Nino Rota
Nino Rota
Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
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Children's Books
- 1901 Mein Sonnenstrahl
- 1902 Das Mägdlein aus der Fremde
- 1904 Rose Maries Weg zum Glück
- 1905 Papas Junge
- 1905 Die Traut
- 1906 Mütterchen Sylvia
- 1907 Allerlei Lustiges für unsere Buben und Mädels
- 1907 Irrwisch
- 1908 Aus großer Zeit
- 1908 Die ins Leben lachen
- 1909 Friedel Polten und ihre Rangen
- 1910 Kleine Geschichten für kleine Leute
- 1911 Evchen der Eigensinn
- 1911 Das Komteßchen
- 1912 Im Lande der Blumen
- 1914 Ein tapferes Mädchen
- 1916 Die Vollrads in Südwest
- 1916 Die Patentochter des alten Fritz
- 1916 Wildes Lorle
- 1917 Die verborgene Handschrift
- 1917 Aus sonnigen Tagen
- 1919 Klein Großchen
- 1921 Glory
- 1922 Von der Lach-Els und anderen
- 1922 Jungfer Ursel
- 1924 Das Heiterlein
- 1925 Hochgeborene
- 1930 Wir fünf