Benedikte Naubert

Benedikte Naubert with foster son, 1806

Benedikte Naubert (born Christiana Benedicta Hebenstreit; 13 September 1756[1]: 899 [2]: 189  – 12 January 1819) was a German writer who anonymously published more than 50 historical novels and is considered a pioneer of the genre in the 1780s. Naubert wrote under the pseudonyms Verfasser des Walther von Montbarry, Verfasser der Alme, Verfasserin des Walther von Montbarry, and Fontanges. Today she is largely unknown, even in Germany.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jarvis, Shawn C. (1992). In the Shadow of Olympus: The Vanish Woman of Great Influence: Benedikte Naubert's Legacy and German Women's Fairy Tales. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-0743-8.
  3. ^ Koser, Julie (2016). The German Historical Novel Since the 18th Century: Looking East: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Benedikte Naubert's Walter von Montbarry. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-9766-2.