Malwida von Meysenbug
Malwida von Meysenbug | |
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 portrait by Franz von Lenbach | |
| Born | 28 October 1816 Kassel, Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 23 April 1903 (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Memories of an Idealist |
| Parent | Carl Rivalier (father) |
Malwida von Meysenbug (28 October 1816 — 23 April 1903) was a German writer, her work including Memories of an Idealist, the first volume of which she published anonymously in 1869. As well, she was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner, and met the French writer Romain Rolland in Rome in 1890.
Von Meysenbug was born at
In 1862 von Meysenbug went to Italy with Olga Herzen, the daughter of Alexander Herzen, known as the "father of Russian socialism" (and whose daughters she taught) and resided there. Olga Herzen married Gabriel Monod in 1873 and established herself in France, but Malwida's poor health obstructed her from joining her.
Von Meysenbug introduced Nietzsche to several of his friends, including Helene von Druskowitz. She invited Paul Rée and Nietzsche to Sorrento, a town which overlooks the bay of Naples, in the autumn of 1876.[1] There, Rée wrote The Origins of Moral Sensations, and Nietzsche began Human, All Too Human.[2]
In 1890, the late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing wrote in his diary that he was 're-reading Memoiren einer Idealisten'.[3] In 1901 von Meysenbug was the first woman ever to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature after having been nominated by the French historian Gabriel Monod.[4]
Malwida von Meysenbug died in Rome in 1903 and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery in the city.
See also
- 1848 revolutionsalthough not an active participant.
References
- ISBN 978-0-14-044617-3
- ^ Marion Faber, Human All Too Human, Penguin Classics, Introduction p.x
- ^ Coustillas, Pierre ed. London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: the Diary of George Gissing, Novelist. Brighton: Harvester Press, 1978, p.210.
- ^ Asaid, Alan. "Så ratade Akademien kvinnorna".
- Hiltrud Häntzschel (1994), "Meysenbug, Malwida von", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 17, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 407–409
- Carl Schurz.
Reminiscences. New York: McClure Publ. Co. 1907. Schurz discusses his friendship with Malwida von Meysenbug in Chapter 14 of Volume One.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070610170928/http://sophie.byu.edu/sophiejournal/thesis/Monte_Gardiner_thesis.pdf - translation of Memoirs of an Idealist trans. Monte Gardiner
