Sophie Charlotte von Sell

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Sophie Charlotte Freiin von Sell (born December 25, 1864 in Schwerin , † June 14, 1941 in Stockholm ) was a German writer .

Life

Sophie Charlotte von Sell was the daughter of an officer . She spent her childhood in Schwerin and in 1878 followed her father who had moved to Aachen . Stays in various garrison towns in the Rhineland followed . From 1885 von Sell lived in Berlin , where she completed her musical training and published her first literary works. In 1893 the author returned to Schwerin; from 1900 she lived again in Berlin. She spent the last years of her life in Stockholm . Her grave is on the Norra begravningsplatsen .

Sophie Charlotte von Sell was a writer of novels and short stories . Her novel Weggenossen , published in 1911, was particularly successful and by 1941 had a circulation of over 270,000 copies.

Works

  • Fanny's diary , Leipzig 1894
  • The Wanderer , Schwerin 1898
  • The bell from Helfenstein , Schwerin in 1900
  • Success , Berlin [u. a.] 1909
  • The bright night , Stuttgart 1909
  • Comrade , Stuttgart 1911
  • Underground water , Stuttgart 1913
  • Prince Bismarck's wife , Berlin 1914
  • Germanic figures , Stuttgart 1914
  • The holy fire , Berlin 1914
  • Die Prähme , Stuttgart 1917
  • The Rosenhaus , Hagen iW 1917
  • From old times , Hagen 1918
  • The sun shines over the city , Stuttgart 1919
  • The Gylfens , Hagen iW 1920
  • Nike , Stuttgart 1923
  • A happy nature , Stuttgart 1925
  • The Queen , Stuttgart 1925
  • Johannes Brahms , Stuttgart 1931

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to her tombstone
personal data
SURNAME Sell, Sophie Charlotte from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1941
Place of death Stockholm