Emmy du Féaux

Emmy du Féaux (born Asplind ; born February 16, 1837 in Talsen , Courland , † after 1908) was a German-Baltic writer and journalist. She mostly published her works under the pseudonym "Ernst Dorn".

Life

After the early death of her father, the Swedish engineer Asplind, she supported her mother and studied the history of Courland. In 1854 she married the Russian rent master T. du Féaux. She has written historical novels , sketches and novels for the Rigaer Tageblatt and the Dresdener Frauenzeitung, among others . Her works include the novel found and the humoresque with obstacles . In the short story, Reminder , she traced the life of an acquaintance who died in poverty after fleeing to Charlottenburg. In addition, libretti for operas and texts for musical compositions as well as dramas were part of her works; her poems remained unprinted during her lifetime.

Works

Published under the pseudonym "Ernst Dorn":

A Swedish child. A Baltic novel from the time of Duke Jacobs von Kurland , Behres Verlag, Mitau 1879 / Hamburg
The abbess of Herfort. A novel from the time of Friedrich Kasimir , Duke of Courland , 2 parts, 2nd edition, Helms, Riga 1882
Alice , Moral Novel , Hacker, Riga 1886
A ducal crown. Novel from the time of Duke Johann E. Büren , 2 volumes, Bibliographisches Bureau, Berlin 1887
The beach witch of Domesnäs and others , 1902 (as Emmy Du Féaux-Dorn)

literature

Feaux, Mrs. Emmy you . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 205 f. ( Digitized version ).
Dorn, Ernst . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 164 f. ( Digitized version ).
Carola L. Gottzmann / Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . 3 volumes; Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007. Vol. 1, p. 416. ISBN 978-3-11019338-1

Web links

Entry in the historical novel project database

Individual evidence

↑ Reet Bender: Oskar Masing and the history of the Baltic German dictionary , doctoral thesis at the University of Tartu, Tartu University Press 2009, ISBN 978-9949-19-216-8 , here: Appendix 2, p. 407, list of abbreviations, item 56, seen February 23, 2012 (PDF, 4.7MB)

personal data
SURNAME	du Féaux, Emmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Du Féaux-Dorn, Emmy; Asplind, Emmy (maiden name); Dorn, Ernst (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Baltic writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Talsen , Courland
DATE OF DEATH	after 1908

[1] Reet Bender: Oskar Masing and the history of the Baltic German dictionary , doctoral thesis at the University of Tartu, Tartu University Press 2009, ISBN 978-9949-19-216-8 , here: Appendix 2, p. 407, list of abbreviations, item 56, seen February 23, 2012 (PDF, 4.7MB)