Büchner, Luise (1821–1877)
Büchner, Luise (1821–1877)
German poet and novelist. Name variations: Luise Buchner. Born in Germany on June 12, 1821; died on November 28, 1877, in Darmstadt, Germany; sister of Georg Büchner (1813–1837, a poet), Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (1824–1899, a German physician and philosopher), and Alexander Büchner (1827–1904, a critic and historian).
Noted as a champion of women's rights, Luise Büchner published Die Frauen und ihr
Beruf (Woman and Their Calling) in 1855. This work commanded much attention and reached a fifth edition in 1883. Büchner followed with many other books about women. She also wrote From Life (1861), Poet-Voices of Home and Foreign Lands, a volume of tales, several original poems for Woman's Heart, and some Christmas stories.
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BORN: 1875, Prague, Bohemia
DIED: 1926, Montreux, Switzerland
NATIONALITY: German
GENRE: Fiction, poetry, drama
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