Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (14 August 1864 – 18 February 1931) was an

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n writer, considered one of the most successful women writers of her time. She was a recipient of the Bauernfeld Prize.

Life

The daughter of Cäsar Delle Grazie, inspector general for Erste Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft and director for a coal mining company, she was born in Weißkirchen in

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. After the death of her father in 1873, the family moved to

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. She was educated at a girls' school and then attended one year at Sankt Anna, a teachers college. She continued her education with , a professor of Christian philosophy at the

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. Delle Grazie wrote poetry from an early age, publishing her first collection ''Gedichte'' in 1882. ''Robespierre. Ein moderners Epos'', an epic poem in

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published in 1894, is considered one of her best works. In 1916, she received the Ebner-Eschenbach-Preis. In 1910, following the publication of a book which denounced emancipation for women, she published two articles in the newspaper ''

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'' expressing support for women's rights. She died in Vienna at the age of 66.

Selected works

* ''Hermann'', epic poem (1883) * ''Die Zigeunerin'', story (1885) * ''Italienische Vignetten'', poetry (1892) * ''Moralische Walpurgisnacht'', play (1896) * ''Schlagende Wetter'', play (1900) * ''Der Schatten'', play (1902), performed at the Burgtheater, was awarded the Bauernfeld Prize * ''Ver Sacrum'', play (1906), received the prize of the Volkstheater in Vienna * ''Heilige und Menschen'', novel (1907) * ''Vor dem Sturm'', novel (1910) * ''O Jugend!'', novel (1917) * ''Donaukind'', autobiographical novel (1918) * ''Eines Lebens Sterne'', autobiographical novel (1919) * ''Die weißen Schmetterlinge von Clairvaux'', novella (1925) * ''Unsichtbare Straße'', novel (1927)

References

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