Annie Laurie Lemp Konta (died 1939) was an American writer and socialite.

Biography

Annie Laurie Lemp was born to William J. Lemp and Julia Lemp in

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. Her family owned and her grandfather had founded the Lemp Brewing Company. In 1905, a travel article she wrote appeared in the ''

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''. Lemp Konta published a book and a pamphlet. Her book, ''The History of French Literature from the Oath of Strasburg to Chanticleer'', was published in 1910. It was written for the general reader and received reviews that were largely positive. She wrote the book on a typewriter, without the help of writing assistants, over a ten-year period. Her pamphlet, "A Plea for Moderation: Based Upon Observations of an American Woman in a Belligerent Country," was published after the beginning of World War I; it defended

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and argued against

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Personal life and death

She married Henry J. Meyer. They divorced in 1893 amidst allegations of Meyer's abuse. They had a custody battle over their son, Geoffrey. She married Alexander Konta, a Hungarian-born banker and theatre producer, on October 8, 1895, at

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on the

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. She and Alexander Konta were separated by 1914. Alexander Konta died in 1933. Geoffrey, then known as Geoffrey Konta, became an attorney who worked for

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. She died of a stroke in December 1939 in

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Works

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The history of French literature from the Oath of Strasburg to Chanticler
'. D. Appleton and Company, 1910.
"A plea for moderation, based upon observations of an American woman in a belligerent country
. The Fatherland Corporation, 1915.

References

External links

Papers of husband Alexander Konta
at The Filson Historical Society {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemp Konta, Annie 1939 deaths People from St. Louis American socialites Year of birth missing 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers