Pauline von Brochowska

Pauline Maria Juliane von Brochowska (born November 14, 1795 or 1794 in Dresden , † May 9, 1853 in Spain) was a German writer .

Life

Brochowska was born in Dresden as the daughter of the royal Saxon major and later general of the infantry Vinzenz Bogislaw von Brochowski. She received her upbringing from the age of 13 in, among other places, the Ursuline Convent in Prague . Here she became seriously ill, so that she returned to her parents' house after three and a half years. When her father had to go to Poland as regimental commander , she stayed behind with her mother in Dresden.

On April 25, 1812, she was appointed lady-in-waiting to Amalie von Sachsen , and later she became her chief stewardess. She was now in contact with the highest people in society. Encouragement from friends made her write. A first poem by her was published in 1819. After the death of her close friend Emilie Huebner, she suffered from a paralyzed nervous disease from which she recovered only slowly. Her writing turned to religious motives during and after the illness. Numerous poems were written, which she published in magazines under the pseudonym "Theophania". After her authorship was revealed, she used the pseudonym "Lisa", which she gave up a short time later.

Brochowska married July 8, 1835, the chamberlain Arthur Otto Alexander von Langenn, lord of Wasserburg (1808-1850). Brochowska died in Spain while visiting a sister.

Brochowska was in contact with other writers of the time, such as Agnes Franz and Theodor Hell . Brochowska wrote the libretto for Amalie von Sachsens Posse Die Siegesfahne. The SLUB Dresden is now keeping a small part of its mail estate.

Works

Poems

In the Dresdner Abendzeitung

• 1819: To Saida and Palmyra, at the performance of the opera Mahomet, by Winter ; To Elise Ehrhardt ; Spring sacrifice ; Good Friday ; The geniuses of life ; Lina's farewell to her mirror ; The sea voyage ; Triolets ; To Agnes Franz ; Love ; The wreaths ; The fisherman and the child

• 1820: To my own ; Wreaths of devotion ; My wealth ; Triolets ; Farewell to country life ; To Agnes Franz ; On All Souls Day ; An olive leaf that had been sent, picked in Jerusalem ; At the solemn burial of HRH Princess Mariane of Saxony on November 29, 1820

• 1821: The two brooks, after d. Franz ; The sweet pledges, according to Spanish ; Spring song ; The silent house ; I think your obituary to Emilie H. on December 4th.

• 1822: Cypressen rice for the urn Er. Royal Highness of the immortalized Prince Clemens Maria Joseph, Duke of Saxony, on Jan. 4, 1822

In the Iduna

• In front of a picture of the Madonna
• The forest chapel, a romance

Libretti

• 1828: Libella (Romantic opera in 2 acts)
• 1837: The red domino (comic opera in 2 acts)
• 1834: The flag of victory (operetta in one act)

literature

• 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. 40.
• Susanne Kord: A look behind the scenes. German-speaking playwrights in the 18th and 19th centuries . Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-476-00835-5 , ( results of women's research 27), p. 345.
• Carl Wilhelm Otto August Schindel: The German women writers of the nineteenth century . First part: AL . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1823, pp. 61–64.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Goth. great. Paperback of Noble Houses 1906, p. 439