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Otten, Else (1873 - 1931)

Short name Otten, Else
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/66821296
First name Else
Birth name Otten
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Date of birth 1873
Date of death 1931
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Sex Female
Place of birth Amsterdam
Place of death Düsseldorf
Lived in Netherlands
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Otten, Else was ...
related to Marie Metz - Koning
related to Eeden, Frederik van
related to Jeanne Reyneke van Stuwe
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Memberships Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde
Place(s) of Residence Netherlands
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receptions circulations
*vertaling heijermans (1900) 0 0
*Translation of Björnson Björnstjerne: Laboremus (1901)
is also a reception: is translation of Laboremus
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Orpheus in der Dessa (1905)
is also a reception: is translation of Orpheus in de dessa
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Frauen, die den Ruf vernommen (1906)
is also a reception: is translation of Hilda van Suylenburg
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Fragensmüde (1907)
is also a reception: is translation of Vragensmoede
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*Es kommt der Tag (1907)
is also a reception: is translation of Lilia
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Eine Mutter (1908)
is also a reception: is translation of Het dure moederschap
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Die Göttin, die da harret (1908)
is also a reception: is translation of De godin die wacht
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Lebenfreude (1912) 0 0
Schwerenöter (1912) 0 0
Kaiserliche Hoheit (1912) 0 0
Der stille Kampf (1928)
is also a reception: is translation of De verzwegen strijd
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Maskerade (1929)
is also a reception: is translation of Maskerade
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Circulations of Otten, Else, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Otten, Else, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

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Unknown creator, portrait of Else Otten, before 1931. None is portrait of

NOT MENTIONED IN: DBNL (lijst)

She lived in Berlin, Frankfurt, Karslruhe, Zürich, Fontainebleau and the Netherlands.

NB a translator's prize is named after her: cf. hyperlink.

Translator from Norwegian and translator from Dutch (Couperus [mainly], Herman Heijermans, Frederik van Eeden).

Material in Letterkundig Museum, The Hague.

HOoms (marital status + relations)
For ATM: her family had several addresses in the Grachtengordel, but moved to Berlin in 1890.