Anna Forstenheim

Anna Forstenheim , actually Anna Goldmann , married Anna Hirschler , (born September 21, 1846 in Zagreb , † October 9, 1889 in Vöslau near Vienna ) was an Austrian editor and writer . She advocated equal rights for women.

Life

Grave of Anna Forstenheim at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Anna Goldmann, who wrote under the pseudonym Anna (A.) Forstenheim, had been married to the Viennese banker and railroad entrepreneur Hirschler since 1867. There was a daughter from the marriage, the writer Clara Kestřanek . Forstenheim worked for the publications Bazar , Gartenlaube , Neue Freie Presse , Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung , the Berner Bund , the Straßburger Zeitung and co-founder of the Association of Writers and Artists in Vienna, of which she was treasurer.

Publications

Caterina Cornaro . Historical drama in 5 acts. Klemm, Vienna, 1875 (signature of the ÖNB: 68140-B)
Moritz von Schwind . The beautiful Melusine . A cycle of 11 images. With text by A. Forstenheim Neff, Stuttgart, undated (signature of the ÖNB: 730974-D)
The beautiful Melusine . Fairy tales in 12 songs (to M. v. Schwind's aquarelle cycle). Neff, Stuttgart, 1883 (signature of the ÖNB: 562000-A)
Manoli . Romanian folk tale told by A. Forstenheim. Carl Konegen, Vienna, 1883 (signature of the ÖNB: 72052-A)
A new principality in the old days . 1882
The woof woof . Comedy. 1882
The magic ring of the heart . Novel in three volumes. 1889

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg , Richard Groner: The spiritual Vienna. Lexicon of artists and writers . Vienna 1889–1893.
Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 .
Lexicon of women in two volumes (1953/4). Encyclios Verlag, Zurich.
Hirschler, Anna. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 334.
Forstenheim, Anna . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 221 ( digitized version ).
Hirschler, Anna . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 359 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Literature by and about Anna Forstenheim in the catalog of the German National Library
Anna Hirschler in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Kestřanek, Mrs. Clara . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, pp. 421-423 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Forstenheim, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goldmann, Anna (real name); Hirschler, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian editor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zagreb
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1889
Place of death	Vöslau near Vienna

[1] Kestřanek, Mrs. Clara . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, pp. 421-423 ( digitized version ).