Marianne Ehrmann [SEP] date of death
Marianne Ehrmann
Marianne Ehrmann (née: Marianne Brentano-Corti, also "Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano" and "Madame Sternheim", born 25 November 1755; † 14 August 1795) was one of the first women novelists, publicists and journalists in the German-speaking countries.
Life and career.
Life and career Early life.
Born in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Marianne was the daughter of Sebastiana Antonia Corti ("Curti") and the merchant Franz Xaver Brentano. She had
the correction of the articles. Marianne Ehrmann sought their employees from herself, among them David Friedrich Gräter who became a close friend, Friederike Brun and Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel. The edition of the magazine was solely in the hands of Marianne Ehrmann, but her disease delayed the publication of the journal, so that the first two volumes comprised 70% foreign contributions, and were delayed. In early June 1795 the last issue was completed and Marianne Ehrmann, plagued by her years of disease, thought to stop the contribution of the journal