La Roche, Sophie von (1730 - 1807)

Short name La Roche, Sophie von
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First name Maria Sophie
Birth name Gutermann von Gutershofen
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Alternative name Maria Sophie Gutermann von Gutershofen
Date of birth 1730
Date of death 1807
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Sex Female
Place of birth Kaufbeuren
Place of death Offenbach
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La Roche, Sophie von was ...
related to Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth
related to Arnim, Bettina von
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Receptions of La Roche, Sophie von, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Georg Oswald May, portrait of Sophie von La Roche, 1778, collection Gleimhaus Halberstadt 1778 is portrait of
ZZ*Mention in letter 2291 to LF Huber Charrière, Isabelle de 1801 None
*An advertisement of the novel *Carl och Emili eller de begge Emigranterne (Carl and Emilie or the both emigrants) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1826 None
*An article about (?) the life of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1832 comments on person
Sophie von La Roche, die Freundin Wieland's Ludmilla Assing 1859 is biography of
*Art. in *German Women Writers Jakob-Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von 1861 comments on person
En modéhandlerska från förra århundradet. A mode shop keeper from the last century Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1872 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1880 None
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "in 1771 when her children were nearly grown up she published anonymously the epistolary Geschichte des Frauleins von Sternheim, the first women's novel in Germany". - Mark Lehmstedt, Deutsche Literatur von Frauen. Berlin, Directmedia 2001 (Dig. Bibliothek 45 - CD-rom) - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 704. - Briefe Goethe's an Sophie von La Roche und Bettina Brentano. Berlin, 1879. - Neue Briefe vornehmlich an Sophie von La Roche Stuttgart, 1894.
Mention_in_PamelaL.Cheek,Heroines-and-Local-Girls_2019 French Revolution caused La Roche's widow's pension to be cut off, so she had to resort to writing. Travelled to (and wrote about) Switzerland, France, Netherlands, England. Collaborated with Christoph Martin Wieland (whom she had initially been engaged to).