Susanne von Bandemer

Susanne von Bandemer (born Susanne von Frencklin, also Franklin ; born March 2, 1751 in Berlin , † December 30, 1828 in Koblenz ) was a German writer .

Susanne von Bandemer (1801)

Life

Susanne von Bandemer was born in Berlin in 1751 as the daughter of the Prussian captain Johann von Frencklin. In 1766 she married the Prussian Major von Bandemer , from whom she divorced. A second marriage with Count Kurt Ludwig von Bohlen also failed, whereupon Susanne von Bandemer took the name of her first husband again.

In the following years, Susanne von Bandemer lived alternately in Frankfurt am Main , Koblenz and Stettin and maintained friendly contacts with Christoph Martin Wieland , Karl Wilhelm Ramler , Johann Gottfried Herder , Anna Louisa Karsch and Sophie von La Roche , with whom she stayed for several years Correspondence led. In her literary work she devoted herself primarily to poetry and drama. Many of her works were published under the pseudonyms “S. v. B. "and" Susanne v. B. ".

Works

Poetic and prosaic attempts by Fr. B. Decker, Berlin 1787. ( digitized 2nd edition 1802 )
Sidney and Eduard, or what can love do? A show in Drey Elevators. Ritscher, Hanover 1792. ( digitized version )
Clare of Bourg, a true story in the last decade of the last century. Zeßler, Frankfurt am Main 1798. ( digitized version )
Knapp Edmund or retaliation. Play in four acts. Diez, Frankfurt am Main 1800.
Poems. Albanus, Neustrelitz 1801. ( digitized new edition 1811 )
New mixed poems (1802) ( digitized )
Poems and prosaic trifles. Albanus, Neustrelitz 1811.
Scattered leaves from the last decade of the last century. New scholarly bookstore, Coblenz 1821.

Further poems by Susanne von Bandemer appeared a. a. in the Berlin Musenalmanac (1791/92), Rammler's Fabellese , Wielands Neuem Teutschen Merkur (1792), Müchler's Egeria (1802) and in the Frauenzimmer-Almanac from 1812.

literature

Susanne Kord: A look behind the scenes: German-speaking female dramatists in the 18th and 19th centuries . Metzler, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-476-00835-5 , pp. 246f.

Web links

Wikisource: Susanne von Bandemer - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

↑ A relationship with Benjamin Franklin is controversial , which was first discussed in 1966 in Slessarev's essay Susanne von Bandemer and Benjamin Franklin in the journal American Notes and Queries , but is not mentioned in contemporary sources.
↑ It is unclear whether Major von Bandemer had died in the meantime (see Slessarev: Susanne von Bandemer's contribution to the development of the letter novel , 1968) or whether she may have returned to her first husband (see Friedrichs: Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. and 19th century , 1981).

personal data
SURNAME	Bandemer, Susanne von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Frencklin, Susanne von (maiden name); S. v. B. (pseudonym); Susanne v. B. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 30, 1828
Place of death	Koblenz

[1] A relationship with Benjamin Franklin is controversial , which was first discussed in 1966 in Slessarev's essay Susanne von Bandemer and Benjamin Franklin in the journal American Notes and Queries , but is not mentioned in contemporary sources.

[2] It is unclear whether Major von Bandemer had died in the meantime (see Slessarev: Susanne von Bandemer's contribution to the development of the letter novel , 1968) or whether she may have returned to her first husband (see Friedrichs: Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. and 19th century , 1981).