Helen Zimmern

Helen Zimmern ( born March 25, 1846 in Hamburg, † January 11, 1934 in Florence) was an English writer.

Life

Rooms came as a child to England, in 1868 Associate of the weekly once a week and were collected short stories under the titles: Stories in precious stones (1873 ), Told by the ways (1874 ), Half - hours with French novelists (1881, 2 vols ) and Stories from foreign novelists (2nd edition 1885) out. She was also a staff member of various prestigious magazines.

More serious work of her are: Schopenhauer, his life and philosophy (1876 ), the first independent representation of the German philosopher in England, as well as their biography of Lessing GE Lessing, his life and his works (1878; German, Celle 1879), the also in Germany gained recognition. Translated Lessing's Hamburg Dramaturgy (1879 ) and pieces of Firdausi (1883 ). Friedrich Nietzsche hit them multiple times in the resort of Sils -Maria; as translator and commentator later several of his writings, she played a role in the early English-language Nietzsche reception.