Mite Kremnitz (4 January 1852, Greifswald – 18 July 1916 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

), born Marie von Bardeleben (

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

s ''George Allan'', ''Ditto and Idem''), was a German writer.

Biography

Kremnitz was the daughter of the famous surgeon

Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1 March 1819 – 24 September 1895) was a German surgeon born in Frankfurt (Oder). He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Giessen, Paris and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1841 with a thesis on t ...

. She grew in Greifswald,

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and, starting with 1868, in Berlin. Later she married the doctor Wilhelm Kremnitz and moved with him to

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in 1875. The couple had 2 children. In

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, Marie became good friends with the Queen Elisabeth, who wrote poems, novels and short stories under the ''nom de plume''

Carmen Sylva Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise of Wied (29 December 18432 March 1916) was the first queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then- ...

, and in 1881 she was appointed her maid of honor. They published several novels and a drama in collaboration, Marie signing with the pseudonym ''Ditto and Idem''. Starting with 1890 she changed it to ''Mite Kremnitz''. After her husband's death in 1897, Kremnitz returned to

. She died on 18 July 1916, aged 64.

Works

* ''Rumänische Dichtungen'' ("Romanian Poems"), 1881 * ''Fluch der Liebe'' ("The Curse of Love"), short stories, 1881 * ''Neue rumänische Skizzen'' ("New Romanian Sketches"), 1881 * ''Rumänische Märchen'' ("Romanian Fairy-Tales"), 1882 * ''Aus der rumänischen Gesellschaft'' ("From The Romanian Society"), two novels, 1882 * ''Ein Fürstenkind'' ("A Princely Child"), a novel, 1883 * ''Rumäniens Anteil am Kriege 1877-78'' ("Romania's Participation in The War of 1877-78"), 1887 * as ''Ditto and Idem'': ''Anna Boleyn'', historic drama, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva) * as ''Ditto and Idem'': ''Astra'', an epistolary novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva) * as ''Ditto and Idem'': ''Feldpost'' ("The Postal Service"), an epistolary novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva) * as ''Ditto and Idem'': ''Rache und andere Novellen'' ("The Revenge and Other Short Stories"), 1888 (together with Carmen Sylva) * as ''Ditto and Idem'': ''In der Irre'' ("Astray"), short stories, 1887 (together with Carmen Sylva) * ''Ausgewanderte'' ("Emigrated"), a novel, 1890 * ''Elina. Zwischen Kirche und Pastorat'' ("Elina. Between the Church and the Pastorate"), two short stories, 1894 * ''Sein Brief'' ("His Letter"), short stories, 1896 * ''Herr Baby. Eine Kindergeschichte'' ("Mr. Baby. A Child Story"), 1901 * ''Mann und Weib'' ("Man and Woman"), short stories, 1902 * ''Am Hofe der Ragusa'' ("At the Ragusa Court"), a novel, 1902 * ''Fatum'' ("Fate"), stories, 1903 * ''König Karol von Rumänien. Ein Lebensbild'' ("King Carol of Romania. A Biography"), 1903 * ''Carmen Sylva'', a biography, 1903 * ''Maria, Fürstin Mutter zu Wied, Prinzessin zu Nassau. Lebensbild'' ("Maria, Princess-Mother of Wied, Princess of Nassau. A Biography"), 1904 * ''Mutterrecht'' ("Matriarchy"), short stories, 1906 * ''Eine Hilflose'' ("A Helpless Woman"), a novel, 1906 * ''Was die Welt schuldig nennt'' ("What The World Calls Guilty"), 1907 * ''Der rote Streif. Eine Liebesgeschichte'' ("The Red Stripe. A Love Story"), 1908 * ''Ist das - das Leben?'' ("Is This The Life?"), Roman, 1909 * ''Die Getäuschten'' ("The Deceived"), Roman, 1909 * ''Laut Testament'' ("According To The Will"), Roman, 1911 * ''Das Geheimnis der Weiche'' ("The Secret of The Gate"), stories, 1913

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