Elise Vogel Polko (31 January 1822 in Leipzig – 15 May 1899 in Munich) was a German novelist.

Biography

She was a sister of Eduard Vogel, the African explorer, and attained considerable fame as a public singer, but retired from the stage after her marriage to Polko, a scientist, and thenceforth devoted herself to literature, in which field she won much notice.

Works

Her Musikalische Märchen (Musical tales; 1852) was translated into English, as were others of her books. She published Ein Frauenleben (A woman's life; 1854), Erinnerungen an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Recollections of Felix Mendelssohn; 1868), Aus dem Jahre 1870, Conversations (1872), Neues Märchenbuch (1884), and other works.

Notes

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2013)

References

• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Polko, Elise Vogel" . Encyclopedia Americana.

External links

• Works by Elise Polko at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Elise Polko at Internet Archive

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[ru] Полько, Элиза