Fanny Tuxen
Danish writer (1832-1906)
Fanny Tuxen née Seemann (1832–1906) was a Danish writer who initially used the pen name Eva.
In connection with her daughter's wedding in 1880, she wrote Til Bruden fra en Sølvbrud (To the Bride from a Silver Wedding Bride), expressing her views on how to develop a good Christian home. But she first became really successful in 1866, when she published some of the stories she had told her young daughter as En moders fortællinger for små børn (A Mother's Tales for Small Children). She continued writing short stories for small children, publishing several collections until the mid-1890s. In parallel, she wrote equally successful novels for teenage girls which emphasized the virtues of family life. The last of these, Den anden Hustru (The Second Wife), was published in 1895. Thanks to her clear writing style and stories which always ended happily, Tuxen remained popular for many years.
Biography
Born on 9 June 1832 in Copenhagen, Fanny Seemann was the daughter of the actor and later customs inspector Corfitz Seemann (1800–75) and his wife Victorine Mathilde Tertia née Ryge (1810–75). She was the oldest of the family's six children. In January 1852, she married the naval officer Lieutenant Captain Elias Christian Carl Tuxen (1812–91) with whom she had a daughter, Harriet Kirstine Mathilde (1860–92).
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