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Varnhagen, Rahel (1771 - 1833)

Last edited by Katja_Mihurko on Dec. 6, 2024, 10:24 a.m.
Short name Varnhagen, Rahel
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/22156190/
First name Rahel
Birth name Varnhagen
Married name
Alternative name Rahel Levin — Rahel Robert
Date of birth 1771
Date of death 1833
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Berlin
Place of death Berlin
Lived in Austria , Germany
Place of residence notes
Moritz Michael Daffinger, portrait of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, ca. 1800.
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Religion / ideology Jewish, Protestant
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Place(s) of Residence Austria , Germany
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receptions circulations
*Comment in private letter (1800~) 0 0
*Comment in private letter (1820~) 0 0
*To be specified (1820~) 0 0
*Comment in private letter (1830~) 0 0
Rahel : ein Buch des Andenkens für ihre Freunde (1834) 0 0
Denkwürdigkeiten und vermischte Schriften (1837) 0 1
Ein Zeit un Lebensbild (1908) 1 0
*Briefe 0 1
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Circulations of Varnhagen, Rahel, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Varnhagen, Rahel, the person

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

Title Author Date Type
*Art. in Athenaeum Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1837 comments on person
*Letter to Potgieter mentioning Varnhagen Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida 1864 -
Meleti peri ton en germaniai sugrafeon gynaikon (Α study on German women writers) Zarkou, Aikaterini 1881 -
Rahel Varnhagen tecknad af Ellen Key Rahel Varnhagen characterised by Ellen Key Key, Ellen Karolina Sofia 1908 is biography of
*Art.on Rahel Varnhagen in Nuova Antologia *Nemi 1908 comments on person
Rahel Varnhagen: the life of a Jewess. Arendt, Hannah 1938 is biography of
Moritz Michael Daffinger, portrait of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, ca. 1800. None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She was, above all, a brilliant and prolific letter-writer".

Married Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1814); Jewish; converted to christianism.
Social class : Wealthy.