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(also Bacsányi), was an Austrian author and poet.

Life

Baumberg was born in Vienna, the daughter of an Austrian civil servant. She received a humanistic education and from early on was fascinated by literature. As a result of her interest she later frequented the literary circles of Vienna. She married the Hungarian author János Batsányi in 1805. Her husband translated

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's proclamation into Hungarian after which, as a traitor, he was obliged to flee to Paris, taking his wife with him. After the end of the

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Batsányi was handed over to the Austrian authorities, who at first imprisoned him in Vienna and then exiled him to

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. Gabriele accompanied him to both places, and died in Linz in 1839. She wrote short poems and prose pieces throughout her life. Several of Baumberg's poems were set to music by W. A. Mozart,

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, and

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.Author: Gabriele von Baumberg (1766–1839)
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's String Quartet, Op. 50, No. 1 to words, for inscription on a monument honouring Haydn in the composer's home town of

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Selected works

* ''Sämmtliche Gedichte'' (1800) 'Complete Poems''br>online
* ''Amor und Hymen'' (1807) (volume of poetry)

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zgedichte.de
''Sämmtliche Gedichte Gabrielens von Baumberg'' (1800)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baumberg, Gabriele 1766 births 1839 deaths Writers from Vienna Austrian women poets

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