Malwida von Meysenbug [SEP] occupation
Malwida von Meysenbug
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 Kassel, Hesse. Her father Carl Rivalier descended from a family of French Huguenots, and received the title of Baron of Meysenbug from William
Gabriel Monod.
Malwida von Meysenbug died in Rome in 1903 and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery in the city.
See also.
- Forty-Eighters: She was sympathetic with the 1848 revolutions although not an active participant.
References.
- Carl Schurz. New York: McClure Publ. Co. 1907. Schurz discusses his friendship with Malwida von Meysenbug in .
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