Sophie von Adelung, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sophie von Adelung

German translator, playwright, novelist and painter

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1850

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1927

Profession: writer, playwright, translator, painter, novelist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Sophie von Adelung

  • Sophie von Adelung (11 March 1850 – 15 June 1927) was a German writer and painter.
  • She also wrote under the pseudonym S.
  • Aden.Sophie von Adelung was born in Stuttgart, into a family of Russian origin; her father, Nikolaus von Adelung (1809–1878), was secretary to Queen Olga, and was a privy councillor in the Kingdom of Württemberg.
  • In addition to his other work, Nikolaus was literary executor of his father, Friedrich von Adelung.
  • Sophie's mother, Alexandrine von Schubert (1824–1901), was the daughter of General Friedrich von Schubert.
  • Other children of the marriage between Alexandrine and Nikolaus included a son, named after his father, who became a noted entomologist, and another daughter, Olga, with whom Sophie collaborated on several works. Her books, which she often illustrated herself, were mainly directed at young people.
  • She also translated stories into German from Russian.
  • She wrote regularly for magazines such as Die Frau (Woman) and Fürs Haus (For the House).
  • Some of her work appeared in Thekla von Gumpert's Töchter-Album (Daughter's Album).Her circle included the pianist Maria von Harder, a former pupil of Chopin, whose memories of the composer were recorded by von Adelung, and her own cousin, Sofia Kovalevskaya, who visited her Adelung relatives as a young woman.
  • Sophie von Adelung produced a memoir of her cousin in 1896, after Kovalevskaya's death.

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