| Short name |
Sophie von La Roche |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Sophie |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Maria Sophie Gutermann von Gutershofen
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| Date of birth |
1730 |
| Date of death |
1807 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
- |
| Place of death |
Germany |
| Lived in |
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Bettina von Arnim
,
Marie-Elisabeth Bouée
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| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN:
- 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.
Cf.
- Briefe Goethe's an Sophie von La Roche und Bettina Brentano. Berlin, 1879.
- Neue Briefe vornehmlich an Sophie von La Roche Stuttgart, 1894. |
| Provisional Notes |
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Born in Kaufbeuren, died in Offenbach.
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). |