Luise Egloff

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Luise Egloff

Luise Egloff (born January 14, 1804 in Baden , Canton Aargau ; † January 3, 1835 there ) was a blind Swiss poet .

biography

She was the daughter of Carl Martin Egloff (1778-1859), owner and landlord of the famous Staadhof bathing and spa inn in the bathing district of Baden. Her father's sister, Beatrix Dominica, was married to the Thurgau government councilor Joseph Dominik Rogg . Her great-grandfather was the doctor and professor Franz Caspar Benedikt Egloff .

Her first names are recorded in the Baden baptismal register as "Elisabeth Hilaria Xaveria, called Luise". She went blind shortly after she was born. At the institution for the blind in Zurich, founded in 1810, she began to write lyrical poems. When the poet Friedrich von Matthisson stayed for several weeks in his parents' inn for a cure in 1819, he became aware of her talent and encouraged her. Her first volume of poetry was published in 1823.

From 1825 Egloff took singing and piano lessons from Johann Daniel Elster , after which she wrote two compositions. Eight years after her death, Eduard Dorer-Egloff , who was married to her sister Elise (Maria Anna Hilaria Elisabeth, 1802–1869), published her lyrical work, supplemented by a biography and the compositions.

Works

  • Poems by the blind Luise Egloff (Baden 1823)
  • Luise Egloff, the blind nature poet (Aarau, 1843, edited by Eduard Dorer-Egloff)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Family tree and baptismal register of the city of Baden

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Egloff, Luise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss poet
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden AG
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1835
Place of death Baden AG