Gisela von Arnim
Gisela von Arnim | |
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Died | April 4, 1889 | (aged 61)
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Relatives | Clemens Brentano (uncle), Sophie von La Roche (great-grandmother) |
Gisela von Arnim (also Giesela; August 30, 1827 in Berlin – April 4, 1889 in Florence) was a German writer, mainly of fairy tales.[1][2][3]
Biography
Gisela was the youngest child of Achim and Bettina von Arnim.[3] Her father died when she was four years old.[4] Her maternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and some of his ancestors are Sophie von La Roche and Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen.
She was not formally educated, being taught only by her sisters. In her youth she read fairy tales and Romantic poetry, especially the works of Wilhelm Hauff, and began to write fairy tales herself. With her sisters she started the "Kaffeter circle",[5] first a group for young women and later a full literary salon also including men (honorary members included Hans Christian Andersen and Emmanuel Geibel).[1]
In 1859, she married the Germanist and art historian Herman Grimm,[6] a son of Wilhelm Grimm.[1]
Works
- Das Leben der Hochgräfin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns (with Bettina von Arnim)[1][2]
- Mondkönigs Tochter
- Aus den Papieren eines Spatzen
- Das Licht[2]
- Die gelbe Haube
- Dramatische Werke (collection)[7]
- Drei Mährchen[8]
See also
References
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Citations
- ^ a b c d Arnim, Bettina von; Arnim, Gisela von; Ohm, Lisa (1999). The life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse =: Das Leben der Hochgräfin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns. European women writers series. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4665-2.
- ^ a b c Duggan, Anne E.; Haase, Donald; Callow, Helen, eds. (2016). Folktales and fairy tales: traditions and texts from around the world (Second ed.). Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-61069-253-3.
- ^ a b Zipes, Jack, ed. (2015). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. OUP Oxford. p. 28. ISBN 9780191004162.
- ^ Von Arnim website, Gisela von Arnim
- ^ Oxford Reference website, Gisela von Arnim
- ^ Art Historians website, H Grimm
- ^ GoodReads website, Dramatische Werke
- ^ GoodReads website, Drei Mährchen
Bibliography
- Eva Mey (2004). Ich gleiche einem Stern um Mitternacht: Die Schriftstellerin Gisela von Arnim, Tochter Bettinas und Gattin Herman Grimms (in German). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. ISBN 3-7776-1331-2.
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