Paoli, Betty eigentlich Barbara E. Glück, auch Branitz#
b. Vienna, Dec. 30, 1814, d. Baden (Lower Austria), July 5, 1894, poet, narrative writer, essayist, translator, journalist. Came from a very poor family, earned her living first as a governess and companion, from 1850 was a freelance writer. Friendship with N. Lenau and A. Stifter, mentor of A. von Droste-Huelshoff, M. von Ebner-Eschenbach, F. von Saar and C. F. Meyer.
Editions: Poems (selection and literary estate), ed. by M. v.
Ebner-Eschenbach, 1895; collected essays, ed. by H.
Bettelheim-Gabillon, 1908.
Literature#
F. Adamec, B. P. und ihr Freundeskreis, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1951; K. Fliedl, Auch ein Beruf, in: Dt. Literatur von Frauen, vol. 2, ed. by G. Brinker-Gabler, 1988; K. S. Wozonig, Die Literatin B. P., 1999.