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Adalbert Meinhardt
1848–1911
A German writer and translator who published under the pen name Adalbert Meinhardt, she brought travel, feeling, and moral conflict into stories that often center on people searching for happiness.
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Hyvän-uskoja
by Adalbert Meinhardt
About the author
Marie Hirsch, better known to readers by the pseudonym Adalbert Meinhardt, was born in Hamburg on March 12, 1848, and died there on November 17, 1911. She was a German writer and translator, and sources note that after losing her parents early, she grew up with her siblings in Hamburg.
She studied languages including Spanish, Latin, and Greek, and worked as a translator before turning more fully to literature. Accounts of her life say that an acquaintance with the writer Paul Heyse helped draw her toward her own literary career.
Her work appeared first in magazines and later in book form, including stories, novellas, dramas, and fairy tales. Biographical sources describe her writing as shaped in part by her own travel experiences, with many of her books focusing on people seeking happiness, dignity, and an honorable way to live.