Antonie von Cosmar

Alvine Luise Antonie von Cosmar , b. Voigt, mate. Klein, (* 1806 in Magdeburg ; † 1870 ) was a German writer , translator and fashion editor. She published in part under the pseudonym A. Cosmar .

Life

She was born in Magdeburg as the daughter of Justice Councilor August Ferdinand Voigt. Her mother died early and Antonie Voigt grew up spoiled by her father. In 1827 she married the writer Alexander Cosmar (1805–1842) and soon afterwards worked for the magazine Berliner Modenspiegel, founded in 1832, of domestic and foreign originals. A magazine for the elegant world . Translations from French followed, including a translation of Eugène Scribes Das Glas Wasser in 1841 , as well as his own comedies and novels from the 1830s. Her transfers of the works of Louise d'Aulney around the Wunderhold doll became popular. She published her works under the pseudonym A. Cosmar ; they were therefore viewed in public as the works of their husband.

Alexander von Cosmar died in 1842, so that his widow now had to earn her living by writing. Von Cosmar continued the Berlin fashion mirror , the appearance of which is documented until 1848. After the newspaper was discontinued in 1850, she founded the Berliner Moden- und Musterzeitung (from 1851 Victoria: illustrated sample and fashion newspaper ), which she ran for two years. Another magazine founded by Cosmar became the Bazar in 1855 . First women's and fashion newspaper , which she ran for three months. For two years she was also editor-in-chief of the Gerson fashion newspaper .

Before 1865, von Cosmar married a Dr. Klein, with whom she lived in Dresden .

Works (selection)

• The lady of honor. Comedy in one act. After Dupin by Alexander Cosmar. Manuscript for stages, without location, 1836.
• Three women at once! Poße in 1 act after Eugène Scribes La frontière de Savoie by Alexander Cosmar. Berlin 1836.
• The king of 16 years. Comedy. 1837
• The miracle potion. Dramatic task in one act. Adapted from the French la fiole de Cagliostro by Philippe Dumanoir by A. Cosmar. Bloch, Berlin Without a year.
• Twenty-four hours to think about it. Comedy in one act. Based on the French mariage raisonable by Jacques-François Ancelot . Stage manuscript 1837.
• The unwilling prisoner. Dramatic task in one act. Bloch, Berlin 1837.
• The opening speech. Comedy in an elevator to Rougemont. Berlin 1839.
• Three marriages and one love. Comedy in three sections after Rosier's French. Bloch, Berlin 1839.
• Women's worth. Drama in two acts. Loosely based on Scribe. Hayn, Berlin 1839.
• Fates of the Wunderhold doll. For entertainment for little girls. The Memoires d'une Poupée Mademoiselle Louise d'Aulnay retold. Morin, Berlin 1839. ( digitized version of the 3rd edition, 1866 )
• New fates of the Wunderhold doll. For entertainment for little girls, the suite of the "Mémoires d'une poupée" by Louise d'Aulnay is retold. Morin, Berlin 1839.
• Fates of a Polichinell. By Eugénie Foa. Edited for the German youth by A. Cosmar. Morin, Berlin 1840.
• A marriage proposal. From modern life. Morin, Berlin 1841.
• The glass of water. Comedy in 5 acts by Eugène Scribe . German edited by A. Cosmar. Bloch, Berlin 1841.
• Upbringing and marriage. A recent novel. Novel in three volumes. Grunow, Leipzig 1864. ( Digitized Volume 1 ) ( Volume 2 ), ( Volume 3 )
• Doll Wunderhold's girlfriends. After Louise d'Aulney. Plahn, Berlin 1866.

literature

• Cosmar, A. In: Franz Brümmer: Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present . Volume 1. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1913, pp. 443-444.
• Cosmar, Antonie von . In: 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. 53.
• Cosmar, A. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 136 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Antonie Cosmar: Fates of the Wunderhold doll . In: Hubert Göbels: Hundreds of old children's books from the 19th century: An illustrated bibliography . Volume 2. Harenberg, Dortmund 1979.
2. ^ Cosmar, A. In: 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. 443.
3. ↑ Berliner Modenspiegel on staatsbibliothek.berlin.de
4. ↑ Gustav Scheve titled the chapter about them in his book Phrenologische Frauenbilder , published in 1865, with A. Cosmar (Frau Doktor Klein) . Cf. Gustav Scheve: Phrenological images of women. Dresden's contemporary writers . Schöpff, Dresden 1865, p. 338.
5. ↑ No copy can be found