Elise Polko

Elise Vogel Polko (31 January 1822 in Leipzig – 15 May 1899 in Munich) was a German novelist.

Elise Polko.

Biography

She was a sister of Eduard Vogel, the African explorer, and attained considerable fame as a public singer, but retired from the stage after her marriage to Polko, a scientist, and thenceforth devoted herself to literature, in which field she won much notice.

Works

Her Musikalische Märchen (Musical tales; 1852) was translated into English, as were others of her books. She published Ein Frauenleben (A woman's life; 1854), Erinnerungen an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Recollections of Felix Mendelssohn; 1868), Aus dem Jahre 1870, Conversations (1872), Neues Märchenbuch (1884), and other works.

Notes
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    gollark: My organizational scheme is confused a bit by the lack of space on my laptop's SSD and the fact that some folders are autosynced to my servers.
    gollark: I would probably put that kind of information into `/data/archive/stuff.txt` or the random things database on my notes server.
    gollark: What does the `o/x` mean?
    gollark: Why?

    References
    • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Polko, Elise Vogel" . Encyclopedia Americana.


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