Helene Böhlau



Helene Böhlau (22 November 1859 in Weimar – 26 March 1940 in Augsburg) was a German novelist.

Biography
She traveled much in the East, married Omar al-Raschid Bey (born as Friedrich Arnd) in Istanbul, and settled down in Munich. In 1888 her sketches of Weimar (Ratsmädelgeschichten) brought her a large measure of fame. She showed a leaning toward the Romantic school now and then, but on the whole her descriptions were realistic and her writing was imbued with passion.

Works

 * Novellen (1882)
 * Es hat nicht Sein Sollen (It shouldn't have been, 1891)
 * Das Recht der Mutter (The mother's right, 1896; new ed., 1903)
 * Neue Ratsmädel- und Weimarische Geschichten (1897)
 * Halbtier (Half animal, 1899)
 * Sommerbuch (1902)
 * Die Kristallkugel (The crystal ball, 1903)
 * Isebies (1911)