Fanny Tarnow

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Portrait of Fanny Tarnow by Friederike Hasse in Dresden 1820/21

Fanny Tarnow , origin. Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike Tarnow (born December 17, 1779 in Güstrow , † June 20, 1862 in Dessau ; pseudonym Fanny , FT ) was a German writer and translator .

Life

Fanny Tarnow was the first child of the lawyer and State Secretary in Güstrow Johann David Tarnow and his wife Amalie Justine nee. from Holstein . She grew up in wealthy and distinguished circles, including her maternal grandfather, the widowed district administrator of Holstein. After falling from the second floor, she had been unable to walk since she was four and thus set herself apart from her peers. Raised privately, she withdrew into the world of literature; In this phase of life, biographers describe her as a moody, spoiled and at the same time romantically enthusiastic girl.

Her father had resigned from his state position during her youth and started his own business as a landowner and tenant of Dalkendorf . When this venture failed and the family assets were lost, the family had to move to Neubukow , where David Tarnow was able to find a job. Fanny Tarnow became a teacher, first in the von Schmiterlow family on Rügen (four years), later with von Both on Rohlstorff . From this position she began to publish anonymously in various journals in 1805, including reviews, essays and other literary works. She also began to occupy herself with Greek classics and to prepare her own stories. From 1807 she worked as an educator in Wismar , mediated by a cousin of Herr von Both , where she also took on representative tasks in the household of a widower. She then moved a Mr. Muller on the employment Rankendorf until they gave up that post in 1812 to care for her sick mother. So she lived in Neubukow again until her death in 1815. Between 1805 and 1812 she made numerous contacts with literary circles, including Friedrich Rochlitz , Julius Eduard Hitzig , Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , Rosa Maria Assing , Rahel and Karl August Varnhagen von Ense .

From July 1816 to 1818 she stayed with a childhood friend in Petersburg . Her modest circumstances were disappointing for her, but she was able to maintain contact with Friedrich Maximilian Klinger , August Kotzebue and Count Jacob Johann Sievers . Her publication possibilities were extremely limited in Russia, so that she returned to Germany after about a year. The next stops were only temporary: in Berlin she took care of the upbringing of Julius Hitzig's daughter, then she moved to her sister in Lübeck , where she also did not feel comfortable and moved on to Hamburg . There she ran an educational institution for girls with the writer Amalie Schoppe , but soon fell out with Schoppe.

In the spring of 1820, she moved to nearby Schandau via Dresden . At first she found a confidante in Helmina von Chézy , but soon there was a rift and enmity between the two. With other friends, including Elisa von der Recke , Ludwig Tieck , Christoph August Tiedge and Countess Egloffstein could, however, get along well. Fanny Tarnow temporarily lost her eyesight due to an illness. Friends then obtained a selection of their writings on a subscription basis, which brought in 5,000 thalers. Tarnow disliked this situation, which is why she moved from Schandau and Dresden to Weißenfels in 1829 , where her sister Betty lived.

Her eyes recovered in Weißenfels, and since then she has been social again and has mainly worked as a translator (from English and French). In the mid-1830s she befriended Louise von François . She anonymously wrote the work "Two Years in Petersburg", which received general recognition. However, Betty finally left Weißenfels again, so that Fanny also began traveling again, to Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden. After all, she lived in Dessau from 1841, where she eventually died with numerous ailments.

Resting place of Fanny von Tarnow, ( new burial place in Dessau )

Works

  • (anonymous :) Alwine von Rosen , in: Journal for German Women, 1805 and 1806
  • Thekla (year unknown)
  • Natalie. A contribution to the history of the female heart , 1812
  • Thorilde von Adlerstein, or a woman's heart and happiness. A tale from around the world , 1816
  • Girl heart and girl happiness. Stories for the educated , 1817
  • Little stories , 1817
  • Letters on a trip to Petersburg, written to friends , 1819 ( digital copy from the holdings of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies )
  • (in collaboration with editor Amalie Schoppe ): Stories (1820)
  • Lilies. Stories , 4 volumes 1821/25. (Contained in volumes 1 and 2: Memories from Franziska's life , Edle Minne , Eudoria , beliefs , memories from the life of a Swedish count , loyalty and gratitude )
  • Sidonia's widow years, freely edited according to the French , 2 parts., 1822
  • Pictures of Life , 2 volumes, 1824
  • The Spaniards on Fühnen. Historical drama , 1827
  • Selected writings , 15 volumes, 1830
  • Two years in Petersburg. From the papers of an old diplomat , 1833
  • Stories and short stories, foreign and own , 2 parts, 1833
  • Reseda , 1837
  • Mirror Images , 1837
  • Gallery of female national images , 2 parts, 1838 (Germany, France, Russia, Sweden, Spain)
  • Collected Stories , 4 volumes, 1840–42
  • Henry of England and his sons. An old legend retold , 2 parts, 1842

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of death not: July 4, 1862. - Cf. Landesbibliographie MV.

Web links

Wikisource: Fanny Tarnow  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Tarnow, Fanny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tarnow, Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike (full name); Fanny (pseudonym); FT (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Guestrow
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1862
Place of death Dessau