Jelena Andrejewna Hahn

Jelena Gan before 1842

Yelena Andreyevna Hahn (Russified to Gan ) ( Russian Елена Андреевна Ган , born Fadeeva / Фадеева; born January 11, ^jul. / 23. January  1813 ^greg. In Rzhyshchiv , Russian Empire ; † June 24 ^jul. / 6. July  1842 ^greg. in Odessa , Russian Empire) was a Russian writer.

Life

Hahn grew up in the Russian provinces. Her father was the secret council Andrei Fadeev, her mother came from the noble family Dolgorukov and gave her an upbringing and education that went beyond what is usual for girls. Her younger brother was the general and military writer Rostislav Fadeev .

At the age of 16 she married Peter von Hahn (Russian: Gan ), an officer who came from a Mecklenburg family in Russian service. She followed him to several garrison towns, from 1836 the couple lived in Saint Petersburg , where Hahn's literary career began - supported by the influential writer and publisher Ossip Senkowski .

Hahn had four children. Two of her daughters also became writers: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Vera Schelichowskaja .

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Although she only left eleven stories, Hahn is considered to be the founder of socially committed Russian women's literature. She addressed the living situation of women in a patriarchal society. Her main characters are talented women who are called to art and break with expectations of roles.

Works (selection)

• The Ideal (1837)
• The Judgment of the Society (1839)
• A useless talent (posthumously)

source

• Elisabeth Cheauré: Gan, Elena Andreevna (pseud. Zeneida R-va; nee Fadeeva) . In: Authors Lexicon. Ed. V. Ute Hechtfischer, Renate Hof, Inge Stephan and Flora Veit-Wild. Frankfurt / M. Suhrkamp 2002, pp. 186f. ISBN 3518399187

Web links

Commons : Jelena Gan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Biography Jelena Gan on biography.com.ua (Ukrainian)