Henriette Paalzow
Henriette Wilhelmine Luise Amalie von Paalzow (born February 22, 1792 in Berlin ; † October 30, 1847 there ) was a German writer .
Life
Henriette Wach, as one of two daughters of the Prussian War Council Wach, received only a limited amount of upbringing and education. Only her brother Karl Wilhelm Wach was promoted as a drawing talent and later a painter. In his parental home studio, Henriette Wach met Princess Maria Anna , with whom she became friends. She herself worked as an educator until in 1816, at the request of her parents, she married the later major Carl Philipp von Paalzow, whom she followed to Westphalia and the Rhine .
In 1821 the marriage was divorced and Henriette Paalzow returned to her mother. When she too died, Henriette and her brother Karl Wilhelm Wach, who had returned from Italy, moved into a house in Berlin, where the siblings socialized with other scholars and artists. From the fall of 1836 she spent a year in Cologne , but then returned to Berlin, where she began her career as a writer and lived there until her death.
Henriette Paalzow was buried like her brother in the Friedrichswerder cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg . However, both graves are no longer preserved.
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Paalzow justified her reputation by credible descriptions of the aristocratic family life of historical personalities. Her novels were accordingly valued by contemporaries as exciting reads. With a certain breadth and optimistic conception of living conditions, the author combined great refinement of observation and a clear, careful style, so that the significant success of her novels was not unjustified.
- Godwie Castle. From the papers of the Duchess of Nottingham (Roman, Breslau 1838, 3 vols.)
- Sainte Roche (novel, Breslau 1839, 3 vol.)
- Thomas Thyrnau (novel, Breslau 1843, 3 vol.)
- Maria Nadasti (drama, published in 1845 by Heller: Perlen )
- Jakob van der Nees (novel, Breslau 1847, 3 vol.)
They appeared in collections several times (most recently in Stuttgart 1884, 12 vols.). The estate volume Ein Schriftstellerleben (Breslau 1855, online - Internet Archive ) contains her letters to her publisher.
Henriettes Paalzow's works were highly valued at the Prussian court, especially by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV , the romanticist on the royal throne .
literature
- Mrs. von Paalzow . In: Illustrirte Zeitung . No. 23 . J. J. Weber, Leipzig December 2, 1843, p. 361 ( books.google.de ).
- Franz Brümmer: Paalzow, Henriette . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 35-38.
- Ernst Kaeber, Henriette Paalzow, the favorite poet of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. , In: JGMODtl 5, 1956, p. 251 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baptismal register of the Garrison Community of Berlin, No. 1633 (1792). In the literature, following the erroneous information provided by Franz Brümmer, the year of birth 1788 is often found.
- ^ A b Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Karola Ludwig, Angela Wöffen: Lexicon of German-speaking women writers 1800–1945. dtv Munich, 1986. ISBN 3-423-03282-0 . P. 235.
Web links
- Literature by and about Henriette Paalzow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Henriette Paalzow at Zeno.org .
- Works by Henriette Paalzow in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Henriette Paalzow in the Internet Archive
- About the circle of artists in the Carstanjen house in Bonn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paalzow, Henriette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paalzow, Henriette Wilhelmine Luise Amalie von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1847 |
| Place of death | Berlin |