Henny Koch

Henny Koch
Born	(1854-09-22)22 September 1854 Alsfeld,Hessen,Germany
Died	13 June 1925(1925-06-13)(aged 70) Jugenheim an der Bergstraße,Hessen,Germany
Occupation	Writer, translator
Nationality	German
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	Papas Junge

Henny Koch(22 September 1854 – 13 June 1925) was a translator and a German children's author. She was born inAlsfeld,Grand Duchy of Hesse.From 1898 on, she lived inJugenheiman derBergstraßein Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twain'sThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnin 1890. Henny Koch wrote 29 books, primarily targeting a young female audience. Her books were often serialized in the bourgeois illustrated girls' magazine "Das Kränzchen". Some titles were published in eight countries. Her most successful work was a series of novels, beginning withPapas 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 novelIl birichino di papà,Italy, 1943, directed byRaffaello Matarazzowith music byNino Rota.

Works

Children's books

Ein tapferes maedchen

Irrwisch

• 1901Mein Sonnenstrahl
• 1902Das Mägdlein aus der Fremde
• 1904Rose Maries Weg zum Glück
• 1905Papas Junge
• 1905Die Traut
• 1906Mütterchen Sylvia
• 1907Allerlei Lustiges für unsere Buben und Mädels
• 1907Irrwisch
• 1908Aus großer Zeit
• 1908Die ins Leben lachen
• 1909Friedel Polten und ihre Rangen
• 1910Kleine Geschichten für kleine Leute
• 1911Evchen der Eigensinn
• 1911Das Komteßchen
• 1912Im Lande der Blumen
• 1914Ein tapferes Mädchen
• 1916Die Vollrads in Südwest
• 1916Die Patentochter des alten Fritz
• 1916Wildes Lorle
• 1917Die verborgene Handschrift
• 1917Aus sonnigen Tagen
• 1919Klein Großchen
• 1921Glory
• 1922Von der Lach-Els und anderen
• 1922Jungfer Ursel
• 1924Das Heiterlein
• 1925Hochgeborene
• 1930Wir fünf

External links

• Official website(in German)