La Roche, Sophie von (1730 - 1807)
| Short name | La Roche, Sophie von |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/36932939/ |
| 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 |
| Flourishing | - |
| 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)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| 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.
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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).