author
Eva Gräfin von Baudissin
1869–1943
A once-popular German novelist and journalist, she wrote sharp, observant fiction and also worked across essays, radio, and film. Her career bridges the lively literary world of the early 20th century and the quieter story of a writer later overlooked.
1 Audiobook
»Sie« am Seil
by Eva Gräfin von Baudissin
About the author
Born Eva Fanny Bernhardine Türk in Lübeck in 1869, she was the daughter of the writer Emmy Eschricht. After private schooling, she trained as a teacher, and in 1891 she married the officer and writer Wolf Graf von Baudissin. The couple later worked in Hamburg as writers, and she also published under the pseudonym Bernhard von Brandenburg.
She became known as a German novelist, dramatist, and journalist whose work appeared in several forms, including stories, novels, essays, sketches, and plays. Later sources on her literary estate also note that she worked for radio and film, showing how widely she moved across the media world of her time.
Eva Gräfin von Baudissin died in Munich in 1943. Although she was well regarded in her day and some of her books went through multiple editions, modern library and archive projects often describe her as a successful early-20th-century author who was later largely forgotten.