author
Else Wildhagen
1861–1944
Best known for continuing the beloved German girls' classic Der Trotzkopf, this Leipzig-born writer helped carry a famous literary world into its next generation. Her stories follow growing-up, marriage, and family life with the warm, lively tone that made the series endure.
2 Audiobooks
Trotzkopf's Brautzeit
by Else Wildhagen
Aus Trotzkopf's Ehe
by Else Wildhagen
About the author
Born in Leipzig, Else Wildhagen was a German writer and the daughter of two authors: Emmy von Rhoden, who wrote Der Trotzkopf, and Hermann Friedrich Friedrich. She later married Georg Wildhagen and remained closely linked to the literary world she grew up in.
She is chiefly remembered for writing sequels to her mother's enormously popular novel, including Trotzkopfs Brautzeit and Trotzkopfs Ehe. Those books continued the story of the spirited heroine Ilse and helped keep the series popular with generations of readers.
Some reference sources disagree on her birth year, listing either 1861 or 1863. What is clear is that she lived in Leipzig, wrote in German, and died there in 1944. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found from the page reviewed, so a profile image is not included here.