Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing (née
Varnhagen; 28 May 1783,
Düsseldorf
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– 22 January 1840,
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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) was a German
lyric poet
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It is not equivalent to song lyrics, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode, and it is also ''not'' equi ...
, prose-writer, educator, translator, and
silhouette artist. She was the elder sister of
Karl August Varnhagen, sister-in-law of
Rahel Levin
Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen () (née Levin, later Robert; 19 May 1771 – 7 March 1833) was a German writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is the subject of a celeb ...
, wife of
David Assing
David Assur Assing (12 December 1787, Königsberg – 25 April 1842, Hamburg) was a Prussian physician and poet.
Biography
Assing studied at the universities of Tübingen, Halle, Vienna, and Göttingen. He received his doctorate from the Unive ...
(1787 – 1842), and mother of
Ottilie Ottilie is a given name for women. The name is a French derivative of the medieval German masculine name Otto, and has the meaning "prosperous in battle", "riches", "prosperous" or "wealth".
Popularity
The name has increased in popularity in Engla ...
and
Ludmilla Assing
Rosa Ludmilla Assing (22 February 1821 in Hamburg – 25 March 1880 in Florence) was a German writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms ''Achim Lothar'' and ''Talora''.
Life
Ludmilla Assing was the second daughter of author Rosa Maria Varn ...
. Her friends included
Amalie Schoppe,
David Veit, and
Fanny Tarnow
Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike "Fanny" Tarnow (17 December 1779, Güstrow – 4 July 1862, Dessau) was a German author. She wrote under the names Fanny Tarnow and F.T.
Life
Fanny Tarnow was the first child of the lawyer and secretary ...
.
References
* Johann Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Merzdorf: "Assing, David." In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 624 f. – Nebeneintrag
1783 births
1840 deaths
Writers from Düsseldorf
People from the Electoral Palatinate
19th-century German educators
German women poets
Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Silhouettists
Varnhagen family
German salon-holders
19th-century German poets
19th-century German women writers
19th-century German artists
19th-century German women artists
19th-century German translators
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