Mechtilde Fürstin Lichnowsky, Spezialaufnahme 1912

Princess Mechtilde Lichnowsky, originally Mechtilde Christiane Marie ''Gräfin von und zu'' Arco-Zinneberg, later Mechtilde Peto (8 March 1879, in Schloss Schönburg,

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now in the Kreis Passau – 4 June 1958, in

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) was a German author, married to Karl Max, Fürst von Lichnowsky, 6th Prince and 8th Count Lichnowsky (1860–1928) who succeeded his father in 1901, and served as Imperial German Ambassador to the

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Relationship

Mechtilde Lichnowsky had two sisters; Helene married the sculptor, Count Hans Albrecht von

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in 1899 and Anna married the colonel and resistance fighter Count

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Name in different phases of life

* 1879–1904 Mechtilde Christiane Marie Countess von und zu Arco-Zinneberg * 1904–1937 Mechtilde Christiane Marie Princess Lichnowsky von Woschütz * 1937–1958 Mechtilde Christiane Marie Peto

Works

* ''Gods, kings and animals in Egypt'' , Leipzig: Rowohlt 1913, 255 p. * ''A Game of Death'' , Leipzig 1915. * ''God prays'' , Leipzig 1918. * ''The child friend'' , Berlin 1919. * ''Birth. Love, madness, solitary confinement'' , Berlin: Riess 1921, 533 p. * ''The fight with the expert'' , Vienna / Leipzig: Jahoda & Siegel 1924, 308 p. * ''Half & Half'' , Vienna 1927. * ''The rendezvous at the zoo (Querelles d'amoureux)'' , Vienna / Leipzig: Jahoda & Siegel 1928, 71 p. * ''On a leash. Roman'' , Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag 1930, 320 p. * ''Childhood'' , Berlin 1934. * ''Deläide'' , Berlin 1935. * ''The pink house'' , Hamburg 1936. * ''The run of the Asdur'' , Vienna 1936. * ''Talks in Sybaris. Tragedy of a city in 21 dialogues'' , Vienna 1946. * ''Words about words'' , Vienna: Bergland 1949, 320 p. * ''Ordered to look'' , Esslingen 1953. * ''Today and the day before yesterday'' , Vienna 1958. letters * Mechtilde Lichnowsky and Karl Kraus: ''Venerable Princess! Letters and documents. 1916-1958'' , ed. by F. Pfäfflin, E. Dambacher u. a., Göttingen 2005

Literature

* Annette Antoine: ''Mechtilde Lichnowsky'' . In: Britta Jürgs (ed.): ''Like a Nile bride, who throws you into the waves. Portraits of expressionist artists and writers.'' AvivA publishing house, Berlin, 2002, , P. 230-249 * Anne Martina Emonts: ''Mechtilde Lichnowsky - Language Desire and Language Criticism'' . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2009, * Holger Fliessbach: ''Lichnowsky, Mechtilde, born Countess of Arco-Zinneberg.'' In: ''New German Biography'' (NDB). Vol. 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, , p. 445 ( digitized ). * Michaela Karl: ''Mechthild Lichnowsky: The clever princess.'' In: ''Bavarian Amazons - 12 portraits.'' Pustet, Regensburg 2004, , p. 50-65 * Armin Strohmeyer: ''Lost Generation - Thirty forgotten poets of the other Germany.'' Atrium, Zurich 2008,

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