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Sibylle von Olfers
German art teacher, nun, author and illustrator
Sibylle von Olfers (8 May 1881, Königsberg – 29 January 1916) was a German art teacher and a nun who worked as an author and illustrator of children's books.
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In 1906 she published her best-known work, The Root Children (original title: Etwas von den Wurzelkindern, "Something about the children from the roots").
Life
Childhood
Born Maria Regina Angela Hedwig Sibylla von Olfers, into the noble Olfers family, in the Castle of Metgethen (Schloss Metgethen) on 8 May 1881.
The castle was the mansion of Metgethen estate, near Königsberg. At that time the estate lay within the administration district of Samland, but was incorporated by Königsberg in 1939.
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She was the third oldest of the five children of Ernst Friedrich Franz Gustav Werner Marie von Olfers and his second wife Olga Maria Bertha Freiin Behr. Her father was a Health Counsellor, natural scientist and writer. His first marriage was with the old