Helen rooms
Helen Zimmer (born March 25, 1846 in Hamburg , † January 11, 1934 in Florence ) was an English writer and translator .
Life
Zimmer came to England as a child, worked for the weekly Once a week in 1868 and gave collected narratives under the titles: Stories in precious stones (1873), Told by the ways (1874), Half-hours with French novelists (1881, 2 Bde.) And Stories from foreign novelists (2nd ed. 1885). She has also worked for various prestigious magazines.
More serious works by her are: Schopenhauer , his life and philosophy (1876), the first independent account of the German philosopher in England, and her Lessing biography: GE Lessing, his life and his works (1878; German, Celle 1879), the also found recognition in Germany. She translated Lessing's Hamburg Dramaturgy (1879) and pieces from Firdusi (1883). Friedrich Nietzsche met her several times in his vacation spot Sils-Maria ; as a later translator and commentator on several of his writings, she played a role in the early English -language reception of Nietzsche .
literature
- Marita Knödgen: The Early Political Reception of Nietzsche in Great Britain, 1895-1914. A study of the German-British cultural history . Dissertation, Trier 1997. ( online version ; PDF; 748 kB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Helen Zimmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helen Zimmer, engl. Translation by Friedrich Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil (Project Gutenberg)
- Helen Zimmer, engl. Translation by Friedrich Nietzsche: Human, All-Too-Human. A Book For Free Spirits
Individual evidence
- ^ Mario Leis: Women around Nietzsche . rororo (160 pages). ; there in: Timeline ( excerpt as PDF , p. 15).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rooms, Helen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1934 |
| Place of death | Florence |