Editha von Reitzenstein

Freiin Editha von Reitzenstein (born November 5, 1850 at Schwarzenstein Castle in the "Franconian Forest" (Bavaria); † March 1, 1905 in Berlin ) (pseudonym: Sappho Liepholdt, sometimes erroneous Liepheld) was a German poet and writer .

Life

Her parents were Karl Chlodwig von Reitzenstein (1823–1874) and his wife, Baron Adele von Badenfeld-Czeike (1829–1852). Her father was a well-known archival scholar and archaeologist who died in 1874 as curator of the Strasbourg University and State Library. Her mother was considered gifted, but died in 1852.

After the death of her mother, she experienced fateful adolescents with frequent changes of residence. Her talent, which emerged at an early age, only became active in the literary field at a later age, as her stepmother Carolina von Rathgeb-Lautsch always emphatically emphasized a fundamental aversion to scientific training and intellectual pursuits of her daughter. In addition, after the loss of the father's fortune, there was also the struggle for daily bread. After her existence had found a more permanent basis, that was in the last decade of the 19th century, she published, mostly under the pseudonym Sappho Liepholdt, in various journals mostly artistic poems, features and translations.

Works

Poets' flowers (poems), 1911

literature

Franz Brümmer , Lexicon of German poets and prose writers from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. Vol. 5th 6th edition Leipzig, 1913. p.436
* Reitzenstein, Freifrl. Editha v. . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 181 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Editha Reitzenstein (1850–1905) - love poems on deutsche-liebeslyrik.de

personal data
SURNAME	Reitzenstein, Editha von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sappho Liepholdt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwarzenstein in the "Franconian Forest" (Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 1905
Place of death	Berlin