Henny Koch

Henny Koch was a translator and a German childrens author. She was born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. From 1898 on, she lived in Jugenheim an der Bergstrae in Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1890. Henny Koch wrotebooks, mainly for young girls. Her books were published in eight countries. Her most successful work was a series of novels, beginning with Papas Junge, in which you can accompany the protagonist through her life as a young girl, a mother and grandmother. A film has been made based on this novel Il birichino di pap, Italy, 1943, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo with music by Nino Rota.

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