Amone Otto

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Johanna Christiana Amöna Otto , known as Amone , geb. Herold , pseudonym Amalie von Obyrn or AD , (born August 22, 1774 in Hof , † February 9, 1837 in Bayreuth ) was a German writer .

Life

Amöne Herold was born in 1774 Hof as the daughter of the merchant and calico manufacturer Johann Georg Herold.

It belonged to a social network that developed around 1790 from the Otto, Herold, Wirth, Köhler and Richter families. She met Jean Paul at the age of 16 . Jean Paul was not only employed as a tutor at the Herolds and quickly became a good friend of Amöne. He also had a relationship with Renate Wirth and Helene Köhler. Jean Paul called these three daughters his erotic academy .

He is repeatedly credited with the amazing intellectual training of Amone. Jean Paul entered into correspondence with her and confessed his love to her. Amone did not return the declarations of love, but turned to Georg Christian Otto in 1792/1793 , whom she had known since she was born. Despite Paul's rejection, a lifelong relationship of trust remained, which was also reflected in the fact that Paul called his daughter Amoene Odilie Minna (1804–1865).

After marrying Christian Otto in 1800, Amöne stood between the two men from then on. She began to publish her works. For this purpose, she was in correspondence with various publishers of the time, including Gerhard Anton von Halem . The war interrupted her creative phase.

For the publication of the correspondence between her husband and Jean Paul, she made considerable corrections to the texts. She crossed out private and, in her opinion, inappropriate facts, gave herself a more positive meaning and highlighted her husband as a discussion partner for Jean Paul. Most of the editorial work of the publication is attributed to her.

She wanted to remain anonymous throughout her life, so she published most of her works under a pseudonym.

Works (selection)

  • Translation by Ossian , Pözile, 1801
  • Diary of a female love , Flora, 1802
  • The embroidered ribbon , Irene, 1803
  • Eda, a short story , Irene, 1803
  • The Two Locks, an idyllic painting , paperback of love and friendship, 1809
  • Antonius , Stein, 1810
  • together with Ernst Förster : Jean Paul's correspondence with his friend Christian Otto , 4 volumes, Reimer, Berlin, 1829–1833

Trivia

Amone Otto exchanged letters with Charlotte von Kalb .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Paulus: Philology of Intimacy: Love Correspondence in the Jean-Paul Circle . Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 3-11-030967-X ( google.de [accessed on January 13, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Renate Stauf, Annette Simonis, Jörg Paulus: The love letter: written culture and media change from the 18th century to the present . Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020936-5 ( google.de [accessed on January 13, 2018]).
  3. ^ A b Jean Paul: Life of the hilarious little schoolmaster Maria Wuz in Auenthal: A kind of idyll . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-41686-3 ( google.de [accessed on January 13, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Martin Schubert: Materiality in Edition Studies . Walter de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023131-1 ( google.de [accessed on January 13, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Paperback dedicated to love and friendship: 1809 . Wilmans, 1809 ( google.de [accessed February 11, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Otto, Amone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Otto, Johanna Christiana Amöna (full name); Herold, Johanna Christiana Amöna (maiden name); Obyrn, Amalie von (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH court
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1837
Place of death Bayreuth