Varnhagen, Rahel (1771 - 1833)

Short name Varnhagen, Rahel
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First name Rahel
Birth name Varnhagen
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Alternative name Rahel Levin , Rahel Robert
Date of birth 1771
Date of death 1833
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Sex Female
Place of birth Berlin
Place of death Berlin
Lived in Austria , Germany
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Religion / ideology Jewish, Protestant
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Place(s) of Residence Austria , Germany
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 None
Meleti peri ton en germaniai sugrafeon gynaikon (Α study on German women writers) Zarkou, Aikaterini 1881 None
Rahel Varnhagen tecknad af Ellen Key Rahel Varnhagen characterised by Ellen Key Ellen Karolina Sofia Key 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
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.