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Pauline Hann

b. 1855

A little-known 19th-century German-language writer, she is remembered today mainly through a surviving collection of short fiction. Her work hints at an eye for everyday relationships, social moments, and the small dramas of ordinary life.

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Anspruchslose Geschichten

Anspruchslose Geschichten

by Pauline Hann

About the author

Pauline Hann was a novelist and short-story writer born in 1855 in Horiz, Bohemia, according to the German National Biography entry. Surviving catalog records identify her as a German-language author, and authority data for her name also appears in major library systems.

The work most easily found today is Anspruchslose Geschichten, a collection of short stories now available through Project Gutenberg. Its table of contents shows a series of shorter pieces rather than a single long novel, which suggests a writer interested in compact scenes, character sketches, and everyday situations.

Very little biographical detail seems to be readily available online beyond these catalog and bibliographic records, so her life remains only lightly documented in public sources. No suitable verified portrait could be confirmed from the sources reviewed.