Adele Gaus-Bachmann

Born in 1869 and deceased in 1945, Adele Gaus-Bachmann is identified in library and authority records as an Austrian author, translator, and writer for children. Reliable biographical detail appears to be limited online, so the broad outline of her career is clearer than the day-to-day facts of her life.

Catalog and bibliographic sources connect her with fiction, drama, and translation. A reference work on women translators in 19th-century Germany notes that she translated from English and French, often plays, and also wrote novels, plays, and conduct books. Her name is also linked to the Austrian literary world in authority records.

One of her works now easiest to trace is Der Teufelsschlosser, a verse drama tied to the Vienna Stock-im-Eisen legend and published in Regensburg in the early 1900s. That mix of folklore, stagecraft, and accessible storytelling gives a good sense of the kind of writing she is remembered for today.