Olga Eschenbach

Olga Eschenbach was the pen name of Johanna Hering (1821–1884), a German writer born in Memel, now Klaipėda. Reference sources identify her as a novelist and writer for young people, and German biographical records connect both names.

German-language literary sources say she wrote around fifteen works that can be linked to her with confidence. Her fiction was strongly influenced by her own life, and because she worked as an educator, she especially wrote books for girls and young readers. Some of her work is placed within the tradition of Backfischliteratur, a 19th-century genre aimed at adolescent girls.

Today, she is chiefly of interest as a rediscovered author of moral and domestic fiction from the 1800s. Works associated with her include stories such as Vergissmeinnicht and the 1881 novel Elisabeths Winter und Frühling in Rom.