author
Karoline von Woltmann
1782–1847
A Berlin-born novelist and storyteller, she wrote with unusual energy and range, publishing fiction, historical tales, and collections drawn from Bohemian folk tradition. In her own time, readers knew her both by her married name and by the pen name Luise Berg.
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Heloise : ein kleiner Roman
by Karoline von Woltmann
About the author
Born in Berlin on March 6, 1782, Karoline von Woltmann was a German author from a well-educated family. She showed an early interest in literature, received an excellent education, and began writing while still young.
She was married first to the poet Karl Müchler and later to the historian and diplomat Karl Ludwig von Woltmann. Alongside her own name, she also published under the pseudonym Luise Berg. Her work included novels, historical writing, and story collections, and she was especially noted for publishing collections of Bohemian folk tales.
Contemporary readers held her in high regard, and later reference works remembered her as a prolific writer of the early 19th century. She died in Berlin on November 18, 1847.