Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem
Anna Eufemia Carolina Gräfin von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem (1854–1941) was a German aristocratic novelist.
Early life[edit]
She was born in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, as the daughter of Count Alexander von Ballestrem (1806-1881) and his wife, Mathilde von Hertell (1818-1900).[citation needed]
Biography[edit]
As a child, she had singing lessons from the Dresden soprano Jenny Bürde-Ney, and herself developed 'a beautiful soprano voice of rare proportions'. [1] She later settled in Munich. She was one of the few German female writers of the 19th century who did not use a pseudonym.
Personal life[edit]
She married Joseph Fritz von Adlersfeld. They had one daughter:
- Dagmar Maria Josepha von Adlersfeld (b. 6 August 1885); married in 1909 to Albert von Bezold (b. 8 January 1869)[2]
Selected works[edit]
- Violet (1883)
- The White Roses of Ravensberg (1896)
- The Duchess of Santa Rosa (1924)
Bibliography[edit]
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.
References[edit]
- ^ Brümmer, Franz (1913). Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Leipzig: Reclam. p. 3.
- ^ "Dagmar von Bezold, née Fritz von Adlersfeld".
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