Marianne Sophie Weikard

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Marianne Sophie Weikard (* 1770 ; † 1823 ) was a German writer .

Life

Weikard was the daughter of the doctor and philosopher Melchior Adam Weikard . She also got her first lessons from him.

At the age of about 30 she married the Reitzenstein district councilor .

Weikard's literary work was largely based on the tradition of French comedies or their German arrangements.

Works (selection)

  • The traveled bridegroom (1791, after Molière )
  • The ruse. Comedy in one act (1792)
  • the nocturnal rendezvous (1791)
  • Repentance Mitigates Crime (1792)
  • The rare persistence. Comedy in two acts (1791, after August von Kotzebue's hatred and remorse )
  • The comparison. Drama (1791)

literature

  • Maximilian Kosny: Life and Work of Melchior Adam Weikard . University, Leipzig 1934
personal data
SURNAME Weikard, Marianne Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1770
DATE OF DEATH 1823