Nationality Austria | ||
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Died 19 May 1901, Inzersdorf, Vienna, Austria | ||
Ada Christen, also known as Ada Carla, Christiane von Breden, Christiane Rosalia Friderick, Christine von Neupauer Fridrik, and Satanella (1839-1901), was an Austrian writer.
Life
Christen was born in 1839 in Vienna. Her father was imprisoned for joining one of the revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire and he died young.
Her only child died in 1866, and her first husband died in 1868. She started publishing under pen names in journals around this time. In 1868 she had her first book of poems, Songs of a Lost Girl (Lieder einer Verlorenen) published with the assistance of the writer Friedrich of Saarland. This book was very popular and was published again the next year. In total she wrote four books of poetry. She also wrote short stories and sketches about surviving on the margins. She remarried in 1873, and became financially secure again with that marriage.
She died in 1901.