Caroline Deutsch (23 February 1846 – after 1903) was a German novelist.
Biography
Caroline Deutsch was born in Namesto, a small Hungarian village, on 23 February 1846. Her father, a rabbi, was German in culture, and the German language and spirit prevailed in the family. While still very young, Caroline began to write poetry, some appearing in Berlin newspapers. In 1870 she graduated from Lina Morgenstern's academy as a public teacher,[1] obtaining at the same time a permanent position on the Jüdische Presse of Berlin. She published several novelettes in the Berlin Volkszeitung, and later wrote chiefly for the Hamburger Nachrichten [de].[2]
In 1875 she married in Hungary, and moved from there to Hamburg.[3] Although her legal name was Caroline Weiss, she continued to write under her former name.[2]
The scenes of Deutsch's novels are mostly laid in Hungary, and she vividly describes the life of the Hungarian peasant and small tradesman. Her story Gedaljah, originally published in Die jüdische Presse (1906), appeared in Hebrew and Ladino translations.[4][5]
Publications
Über Klippen. Vol. 1–2. Dresden: C. Reissner. 1894. A novel.
Aus Drang und Noth. Jüdische Universal-Bibliothek. Prague: J. B. Brandeis. 1897.
Ein edles Frauenleben. Charlottenburg: A. Michow. 1898.[6]
Erzählungen (I. Besiegt. Die Tochter der Hirtin. II Hanka.). Vol. 1–2. Hamburg: O. Meissner. 1880.
^Blumesberger, Susanne; Doppelhofer, Michael; Mauthe, Gabriele, eds. (2002). "Deutsch, Caroline". Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert (in German). Vol. 1. Munich: K. G. Saur. pp. 218–219. ISBN3-598-11545-8.
^El ḳonde maṭado: ḳuenṭo hisṭoriḳo de la epoḳah de la desṭruḳsion del primer sanḳṭuvario (in Ladino). Translated by Ben-ʻAṭar, Ḥayim. Jerusalem: Emprimeria ʻAzriʼel. 1909.
^ abJacob, Walter (1962–1963). "A Bibliography of Novels and Short Stories by German Jewish Authors 1800–1914". Studies in Bibliography and Booklore. 6 (2): 91. JSTOR27943355.