The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, Nataly von

KNOBELSDORFF-BRENKENHOFF, knō'bĕls-dôrf-brĕnk'ĕn-hōf, Nataly von, German novelist: b. Hofgeismar, 17 May 1860. She wrote under her maiden name, Nataly von Eschstruth. She was daughter of a Hessian officer and was educated in Berlin; married Capt. Franz Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff (1880), and after her travels lived at Schwerin. She started early writing short stories and plays; of the latter &lsquo;Karl Augusts Brautfahrt,&rsquo; &lsquo;Die Sturmnixe,&rsquo; were placed on the stage. Her rapidly sketched novels and stories soon gained popularity and some reached several editions. She wrote &lsquo;Wolfsburg&rsquo; (Jena 1884); &lsquo;Gänsebiesel&rsquo; (Berlin 1886); &lsquo;Katz und Maus&rsquo; (ib. 1886); &lsquo;Pot-pourri&rsquo; (1886); &lsquo;Humoresken&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;Palnisch Blut&rsquo; (1887, 2 vols.); &lsquo;Die Erlkönigin&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;Hazard&rsquo; (1888, 2 vols.); &lsquo;Hoflust&rsquo; (1889; 9th ed., 1899); &lsquo;Sternschuppen&rsquo; (1890); &lsquo;Im Schellenhemd&rsquo; (1894, 2 vols.). Other two-volume works were &lsquo;Von Gottes Gnaden&rsquo; (1894); &lsquo;Der Stern des Glucks&rsquo; (1897); &lsquo;Der Majoratskerr&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;Der verlorene Sohn&rsquo; (1902); &lsquo;Die Bären von Hohen-Esp&rsquo; (1902; 8th ed., 1904). She brought out a volume of her poems under the title &lsquo;Wegekraut&rsquo; (Dresden 1887), and a collection of her works has been published serially since 1899 in Leipzig.