Benedikte Naubert

Benedikte Naubert (born Christiana Benedicta Hebenstreit; 13 September 1756[1]: 899 [2]: 189  – 12 January 1819) was a German writer who anonymously published more than 50 historical novels and is considered a pioneer of the genre in the 1780s.

[1][3] She was born in Leipzig, the daughter of professor of medicine, Johann Ernst Hebenstreit, who died in December 1757.

From her step-brother, a professor of theology, Naubert received a thorough education in philosophy, history, Latin, and Greek.

Her works without the veil of anonymity found criticism with many reviewers who claimed she wrote in imitation "of men she was like or presumably emulated.

[4] Benedikte Naubert's published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.