Amalie Arndt

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Amalie Katharine Luise Arndt (* 1869 in Leipzig , † after 1913) was a German writer .

Life

Arndt was born as the daughter of a businessman in Leipzig. Her love for nature developed her interest in philosophy , so that she devoted herself to philosophical studies at an early stage. In 1894 the family moved to Mainz . Her first work, the philosophical-mystical poem in prose Our Life , appeared in 1900 and received critical acclaim. Other philosophical writings followed, including On Evil and Reflections on the Renewal of Our Lives . Arndt's father died in 1901. She then moved to Chemnitz , where she still lived around 1913. The date of her death is unknown.

Works

  • Our Lives (1900)
  • Poems. Experienced and dreamed of (1909)

literature

  • Franz Brümmer : Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, p. 76.
  • Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , ( Repertories on the history of German literature 9), p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Arndt, Amalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arndt, Amalie Katharine Luise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH after 1913