Background
She was born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse.
She was born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse.
From 1898 on, she lived in Jugenheim an der Bergstraße in Hessia, Germany, where she died in 1925. She produced the first German translation of Mark Twain"s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1890. Henny Koch wrote 29 books, mainly for young girls.
Her books were published in eight countries.
A film has been made based on this novel Il birichino di papà, Italy, 1943, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo with music by Nino Rota.