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Mite Kremnitz , b. Marie Charlotte von Bardeleben (pseudonyms "George Allan", "Dito und Idem") (born January 4, 1852 in Greifswald , † July 18, 1916 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Life

Mite Kremnitz (around 1905). Etching by Johann Lindner

Kremnitz was the daughter of the renowned surgeon Heinrich Adolf Bardeleben . She grew up in Greifswald, London and Berlin (from 1868). On October 15, 1872, she married the practical and later chief physician Wilhelm Kremnitz in Berlin and moved with him to Bucharest in 1875 . The couple had two children.

In Romania she made friends with Queen Elisabeth , who worked as a writer under the pseudonym "Carmen Sylva", and from 1881 officially became her reader and lady-in-waiting. Together with her, Kremnitz published epistolary novels and a drama under the pseudonym "Dito and Idem". From 1890 she wrote under the pseudonym "Mite Kremnitz". She also translated many poems by the Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu into German, including Luceafărul ( The Evening Star ).

After her husband's death in 1897, Kremnitz returned to Berlin, where she lived in Wilmersdorf in winter , while she lived in Brand in Vorarlberg in summer .

Mite Kremnitz died in Berlin in 1916 at the age of 64 and was buried in the Old St. Matthew Cemetery in Schöneberg . The grave has not been preserved.

Quote

  • Carmen Sylva had met the German wife of a German doctor in Bucharest. Mite Kremnitz became the official reader of the impulsive queen. The joint works of the two dissimilar women appeared under the pseudonym Dito and Idem. Mite Kremnitz was open to new literary conceptions such as realism and naturalism , while Carmen Sylva despised modern trends in literature and art. This disagreement and their occult tendencies led to a break between the women. source

Works

  • (Ed.) Romanian poems (German by Carmen Sylva), 1881
  • Curse of Love , short stories, 1881
  • New Romanian sketches. Friedrich, Leipzig 1881.
  • Romanian fairy tale. Friedrich, Leipzig 1882. ( digitized version )
  • From Romanian society. Two novels. Thiel, Leipzig 1882.
  • A princely child. Novel. Friedrich, Leipzig 1883.
  • Romania's share in the war of 1877-78. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1888.
  • Ditto and Idem: Anna Boleyn , historical tragedy, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
  • Ditto and Idem: Astra , epistolary novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
  • Ditto and Idem: Feldpost , letter novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
  • Ditto and Idem: Revenge and other short stories , 1888 (together with Carmen Sylva)
  • Ditto and Idem: In der Irre , Novellen, 1887 (together with Carmen Sylva)
  • Emigrants. Novel in 4 books. 2 volumes. Strauss, Bonn 1890.
  • Elina. Between church and pastorate. 2 novellas. Schottlaender, Breslau 1895.
  • His letter. Novella. Silesian Publishing House, Breslau 1896.
  • Mr baby A children's story. Schottlaender, Breslau 1901.
  • Man and woman. Novellas. Schottlaender, Breslau 1902.
  • At the court of Ragusa. Novel. Hillger, Berlin / Leipzig 1902.
  • Fate. Narrative. Schottlaender, Breslau 1903
  • King Charles of Romania. A picture of life. Schottlaender, Breslau 1903.
  • Carmen Sylva. A biography. Haberland, Leipzig 1903.
  • Marie, Princess Mother of Wied, Princess of Nassau. A picture of life. Haberland, Leipzig 1904.
  • Mother right. Novellas. Schlesische Verlags-Anstalt, Breslau 1906.
  • A helpless one. Novel. Concordia, Berlin 1906.
  • What the world calls guilty. Concordia, Berlin 1907.
  • The red stripe. A Lovestory. Vita, Berlin 1908.
  • Is that - life? Novel. Concordia, Berlin 1909.
  • The deceived. Novel. Concordia, Berlin 1909.
  • According to the will. Novel. Vita, Berlin 1911.
  • Sounding ore. Comedy in 4 acts. Concordia, Berlin 1912.
  • The secret of the switch BM and other stories. Morawe & Scheffelt, Berlin 1913.

literature

  • Renate Grebing: Mite Kremnitz: (1852-1916); a mediator of Romanian culture in Germany . Frankfurt / M. - Bern: Lang, 1976, ISBN 3-261-02073-3 .
  • Susanne Kord: A look behind the scenes. German-speaking female dramatists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Metzler, Stuttgart 1992. pp. 288-289

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 304.
personal data
SURNAME Kremnitz, Mite
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bardeleben, Marie (maiden name); Allan, George (pen name); Ditto, Idem (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1916
Place of death Berlin