Anna Eufemia Carolina

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von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem (1854–1941) was a German

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Early life

She was born in Ratibor,

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...

, as the daughter of Count Alexander von Ballestrem (1806-1881) and his wife, Mathilde von Hertell (1818-1900).

Biography

As a child, she had singing lessons from the Dresden soprano Jenny Bürde-Ney, and herself developed 'a beautiful soprano voice of rare proportions'. She later settled in

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. She was one of the few German female writers of the 19th century who did not use a pseudonym.

Personal life

She married Joseph Fritz von Adlersfeld. They had one daughter: * Dagmar Maria Josepha von Adlersfeld (b. 6 August 1885); married in 1909 to Albert von Bezold (b. 8 January 1869)

Selected works

* ''

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'' (1883) * '' The White Roses of Ravensberg'' (1896) * '' The Duchess of Santa Rosa'' (1924)

Bibliography

* Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

References

1854 births 1941 deaths People from Racibórz People from the Province of Silesia German women novelists German countesses {{Germany-writer-stub