Marie von Berks
Marie Edle von Berks , b. Čop, (born August 10, 1859 in Livorno , Italy ; † June 1910 in Gorizia ) was an Austrian writer. She wrote under the pseudonym Mara Čop-Marlet .
Life
She was born in Livorno as the daughter of the Austrian officer Anton Čop, her mother came from Mainz ; ( see also: Mainz Fortress ). As a result of the Italian Revolution, the family lost their fortune and moved to Croatia , where Berks grew up. Her first marriage was in Algeria in 1889 with the French lawyer Charles Lenger-Marlet; their daughter died after a short time. With her husband she went on various trips around the world, which took her to North Africa and various Mediterranean islands, among others. At this time she began to write about her travel impressions for various French newspapers and daily papers, including the Nouvelle revue . Contemporaries particularly emphasized her ethnographic studies on Sinti and Roma , for which she was made a corresponding honorary member by the English Gypsy Lore Society. The French Académie des Palmiers made her a member. She worked as a consultant for the Hungarian Ethnographic Society.
After the death of her first husband, Berks moved to Graz and in 1894 married the large landowner and Austrian member of the Reichstag, Hugo von Berks († 1906), with whom she had a son. The family lived at Reifenstein Castle near St. Georgen , Styria . After the death of her husband in 1906, Berks moved to Gorizia, where she died in early June 1910.
In addition to articles for newspapers and magazines, Berks wrote novellas, which appeared in Wiener Mode and in the Dioskuren Jahresbuch , as well as plays and dramas. She also translated plays into German, including Guy de Maupassants Pierre et Jean (1890 under the title Muschelkinder ).
Works
- 1887: From the noble courts of the Balkans. Novellas
- 1887: Danko's luck. Ethnographic study from Africa
- 1888: South Slavic women. At the ups and downs of the Balkans
- 1890: a piece of gold. play
- 1890: The wedding song. Comedy
- 1890: Shell children. Opera libretto
- 1890: psyche. play
- 1897: From the Parisian macadam. Novellas and sketches
- 1907: the sinner. Roman from Austrian society
- 1908: stranded. Novel from society
- 1909: In the bathroom. Military humorous novel
Essays
- Vlaho Bukovac , article in: Österreichs Illustrierte Zeitung , February 22, 1903, pp. 400–401 (online at ANNO ).
literature
- Berks, Marie Edle from . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 56 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Čop-Marlet, Mara . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 135 ( digitized version ).
- Berks Marie from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 74.
- Berks, Marie von . In: Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon . Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , (Repertories on the history of German literature 9), p. 22.
- Slavica Žura Vrkić: Prva hrvatska etnografkinja Mara Čop . In: Etnološka tribina . Volume 33, No. 26, 2004, pp. 91-105.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berks, Marie von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berks, Marie Edle von (full name); Čop, Marie (maiden name); Lenger-Marlet, Marie (married name); Čop-Marlet, Mara (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Livorno |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1910 |
| Place of death | Gorizia |