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Marie Petersen

1816–1859

A German writer of fairy tales and children’s stories, she is best remembered for the much-loved tale Princess Ilse. Her brief life produced work that stayed in print and found readers well beyond her own century.

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Virvatulten tarinoita: Kertomus

Virvatulten tarinoita: Kertomus

by Marie Petersen

About the author

Born in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1816, Marie Petersen was a German author associated especially with fairy tales and writing for younger readers. Sources agree that she is best known for Princess Ilse, the work most often linked with her name.

Available reference entries identify her full name as Marie Luise Auguste Petersen and place her life from July 31, 1816, to June 30, 1859. Reliable biographical details beyond those basics are limited in the sources I could confirm, so it seems safest to remember her as a 19th-century German storyteller whose reputation rests chiefly on one enduring fairy tale.

I wasn’t able to confirm a clear portrait photograph or image of Marie Petersen from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.