Elise Polko
Elise Vogel Polko 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 was translated into English, as were others of her books. She published Ein Frauenleben, Erinnerungen an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Aus dem Jahre 1870, Conversations, Neues Märchenbuch, and other works.
