Gisela von Arnim

Gisela von Arnim also Gisela, married. Grimm ( born August 30, 1827 in Berlin, † April 4, 1889 in Florence) was a German writer.

Life

Ottilie Beate Walburgis Gisela von Arnim was the youngest child of Bettina and Achim von Arnim. Her father died when Gisela von Arnim was three years old. Bettina von Arnim took over her upbringing and dedicated tutor, as the disciple of Hegel Charles Keck. Brümmer called Gisela von Arnim, the gifted child, Bettina and Achim von Arnim. Gisela von Arnim grew up in a time in which the romance was already on the decay. Her mother, who had heard her father of the main representatives of the era, brought her this but with their collections of fairy tales, especially those Wilhelm Hauff's close. With 20 years of Gisela von Arnim published its first own fairy under a pseudonym, which were inspired by Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, or ETA Hoffmann.

In 1840, Gisela von Arnim had her future husband, the German studies and art historian Hermann Grimm met, a son of Wilhelm Grimm, the " Göttingen Seven " was one of the professors at the Hanoverian King Ernst August disgraced called. In 1849 she met in Weimar in the 1831 -born concertmaster and violinist Joseph Joachim know. It developed a sometimes very painful for all three parties love affair that in 1859 came to an end by marrying Gisela von Arnim with Herman Grimm.

In 1888, Gisela von Arnim traveled to Rome, where they hoped to cure by a heart condition. On the way back to Germany, she died in Florence. Her grave is located on the local Cimitero degli Allori Evangelico ( new Protestant cemetery) south of the Porta Romana.

Gisela von Arnim wrote next plays mainly fairy tales, which appeared, among others, under the pseudonyms Marilla Fittchersvogel and Allerleirauh.

Works

  • The Life of Countess Gritta of Rattenzuhausbeiuns ( with Bettina von Arnim, 1840)
  • The home moose (Wonderland, 1848)
  • From the papers of a sparrow (Wonderland, 1848)
  • Moon King's Daughter ( fairy tales, 1849)
  • Dramatic works ( 4 volumes; 1857-1875 ) Volume 1: Ingeborg of Denmark, The Heart of Lais ( digitized)
  • Volume 2: solace in tears
  • Volume 3: The stone image of Cornelia
  • Volume 4: How it home, meanwhile, was
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