Hedwig Lachmann
Born(1865-08-29)29 August 1865
Stolp, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 February 1918(1918-02-21) (aged 52)
Krumbach, Germany

Hedwig Lachmann (29 August 1865 – 21 February 1918) was a German author, translator and poet.[1][2]

Life and work

Lachmann was born in Stolp, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia in 1865, to a Jewish family, and was the daughter of a cantor, Isaak Lachmann. She spent her childhood in Stolp and a subsequent seven years in Hürben (Swabia). At the age of 15, she passed exams in Augsburg to become a language teacher. Two years later she became a governess in England.[1]

From 1899 until 1917 she belonged to both Friedrichshagener and Pankower poetry societies.

She met her future husband, Gustav Landauer, in 1899 at Richard Dehmel's house. One of their grandchildren, Mike Nichols, grew up to be a famous American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer. She died in Krumbach, Swabia, a very early fatality of the 1918 flu pandemic.[1]

Works

Poetry

Im Bilde 1902
Collection of Poetry post. 1919

Translations

From English
Oscar Wilde: Salome. This became the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera Salome.
Works from Edgar Allan Poe
Works from Rabindranath Tagore: The Post Office, The King of the Dark Chamber
From Hungarian
Hungarian Poems 1891
Works from Sándor Petőfi
From French
Works from Honoré de Balzac

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hanna Delf von Wolzogen. "Hedwig Lachmann 1865 – 1918". jwa.org. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  2. ↑ Peter Bauer. "Hedwig Lachmann ist vor 100 Jahren gestorben". augsburger-allgemeine.de. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
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