Emmy from Egidy

Emmy von Egidy before 1911

Emmy von Egidy (full name Luise Charlotte Alexandrine Emma von Egidy ; born April 5, 1872 in Pirna , † December 1, 1946 in Weimar ) was a German sculptor and writer .

Life

Emmy von Egidy was the daughter of the social ethicist Moritz von Egidy and his wife Luise geb. from Götz. In the early days of modern arts and crafts , she worked for the United Workshops for Art in Crafts in Munich . In 1904 she presented works of art at the Great Art Exhibition in Dresden . She also wrote novels on women and marriage issues , which appeared in several editions.

Works (selection)

prose

• Marie-Elisa. Novel . Pierson Verlag, Dresden 1898.
• Man among people. Novel . Pierson Verlag, Dresden 1900.
• Use Bleiders. Novel . S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1902.
• Fell silent. Novel . Pierson Verlag, Dresden 1903.
• Love that could end Novel . S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1907.
• In the Moderschlößchen. Novel . S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1909.
• The princess of the moon. Two novels . S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1911.
• Mathias Werner. Novel . S., Fischer Verlag, Berlin 1913.

Non-fiction

• Christoph Moritz von Egidy. Becoming, being and working. Dedicated to the grandchildren for their grandfather's 90th birthday . Self-published, Weimar 1935–36.

literature

• Ingvild Richardsen : »Passionate hearts, fiery souls«. How women changed the world . Frankfurt / M .: S. Fischer, 2019, pp. 237–241, ISBN 978-3-10-397457-7

Web links

Wikisource: Emmy von Egidy  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by and about Emmy von Egidy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bavarian writers and the bourgeois women's movement around 1900 Exhibition with documents and correspondence from Emmy von Egidy and other authors on bavarikon