Name Hedwig Lachmann Role Author | Children Brigitte Peschkowsky | |
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Great grandchildren Max Nichols, Jenny Nichols, Daisy Nichols Similar People Gustav Landauer, Mike Nichols, Richard Strauss, Joseph Conrad | ||
In memory of hedwig lachmann
Hedwig Lachmann (29 August 1865 – 21 February 1918) was a German author, translator and poet.
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Life and work
Lachmann was born in Stolp, Pomerania in 1865, to a Jewish family, and was the daughter of a cantor, Isaak Lachmann. She spent her childhood in Stolp and a subsequent seven years in Hürben (Swabia). At the age of 15, she passed exams in Augsburg to become a language teacher. Two years later she became a governess in England.
From 1899 until 1917 she belonged to both Friedrichshagener and Pankower poetry societies.
She met her future husband, Gustav Landauer, in 1899 at Richard Dehmel's house. One of their grandchildren, Mike Nichols, grew up to be a famous American television, stage and film director, writer, and producer. She died in Krumbach, Swabia, a very early fatality of the 1918 flu pandemic.
Works
Poetry
Im Bilde 1902Collection of Poetry post. 1919Translations