Marie Schramm-Macdonald
Marie Schramm-Macdonald , nee Schwendy, married Netcke (born April 11, 1846 in Berlin , † February 7, 1908 in Dresden ) was a German writer. She also wrote under the pseudonyms "Fringilla" and "Max Troll".
Life
She was the daughter of the spinning mill owner Eduard Schwendy. The family moved to Dresden, where Marie Schwendy received her first acting and singing lessons. She married Franz Netcke, the technical director of the Dortmund Union . After his death she took acting lessons from Adele Peroni , Adolf Glaßbrenner's wife and Otto Lehfeld . After she married the writer Hugo Schramm-Macdonald in Dresden, she worked as a reciter and gave acting lessons. She has published poems, short stories and essays in various magazines. She was a co-founder of the Dresden women local group of the General German School Association. For her meritorious work she received the medal for art and science (Sachsen-Altenburg) from King Albert . She also received the medal “for loyalty to duty in war”.
Works
- For heart and home. Letters to German women. Ehlermann, Dresden 1889.
- Diamond leaves. Pictures from the history of the Wettins in seals. Grumbkow, Dresden 1889.
- Lyndall. Novel from d. South African farming life. By Ralph Iron 〈Olive Schreiner〉. Freely translated from English with the permission of the author. Bassermann, Munich 1892.
literature
- Sophie Pataky: Lexicon of German women of the pen, Berlin 1898.
- Dresdner Geschichtsblätter, Volume 4, No. 4, 1908, p. 301.
Web links
- Dresden
- Entry on Marie Schramm-Macdonald in Kalliope
- Literature by and about Marie Schramm-Macdonald in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schramm-Macdonald, Marie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwendy, Marie (maiden name); Fringilla, Max Troll (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1908 |
| Place of death | Dresden |