Dorothea Biehl

Charlotta Dorothea Biehl (June 2, 1731 – May 17, 1788) was a Danish author, playwright, letter writer and translator.

At an early age, she learned to read and write in both the Danish and German languages from her maternal grandfather, Hans Brøer, who died when she was eight years old.

[2] In 1761, Biehl started to translate plays from French in particular, but also from German and Italian for the Royal Danish Theatre.

She wrote 13 comedies and was the first author in Denmark to give children parts and lines in her plays.

Her play Den listige Optrækkerske (1765), about a woman using men's sexuality as a mean of self confirmation, became a scandal.