author
Clementine Helm
1825–1896
A hugely popular 19th-century German writer for children and young readers, she blended lively stories about growing up with a real curiosity about science. Her books were especially well loved by girls and helped shape a generation of youth literature.
3 Audiobooks
Backfischchen's Leiden und Freuden: Eine Erzählung für junge Mädchen
by Clementine Helm
Drei Erzählungen für junge Mädchen
by Clementine Helm
Tusschen mal en dwaas Wat een meisje te genieten en te lijden heeft, eer zij de wereld in is
by P. J. (Pieter Jacob) Andriessen, Clementine Helm
About the author
Born in Delitzsch on October 9, 1825, Henriette Clementine Helm wrote under the name Clementine Helm and became one of the most widely read German authors for children and young adults in the later 19th century. She published during the German Empire and is remembered above all for her fiction for girls and younger readers.
Her work stood out for combining everyday emotion and coming-of-age storytelling with educational touches. Contemporary accounts note her strong interest in the natural sciences, and that curiosity found its way into her books, giving them a distinctive mix of feeling, observation, and learning.
Helm was married to the geologist Heinrich Ernst Beyrich and spent much of her life in Berlin, where she died on November 26, 1896. More than a century later, she remains best known as a successful and influential voice in German children's literature.