Fanny (Lewald) Stahr (1811 - 1889)

Born 24 Mar 1811 in Königsberg, Ostpreußen, Preußen

Ancestors

Died 5 Aug 1889 at age 78 in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutsches Reich

Fanny (Lewald) Stahr is Notable.

Biography

From Wikipedia:
"Fanny Lewald was born at Königsberg in East Prussia in 1811^[1] to a bourgeois, Jewish family [daughter of David Markus and Zipora Assur^[1]]. She was taken out of school at thirteen to learn household skills she would need as a wife. Lewald was intended to marry a young theologian at age seventeen and converted to Christianity for the marriage. However, her betrothed died before the wedding took place. She traveled in the German Confederation, France and Italy. In 1841 she published her first novel in her cousin August Lewald's periodical Europa, under the title Der Stellvertreter. In 1845, she settled at Berlin. Here, in 1854, she married the author Adolf Stahr, a cultural and art historian.

Lewald first received attention for her writing after the publication of a letter she wrote about a court trial she had attended. Lewald's cousin, August Lewald, published the letter in the Stuttgart periodical, Europa, which he edited. August then asked Fanny to write a report on the coronation of King Frederick William IV in Konigsberg in 1840. Fanny Lewald went on to become a prolific writer and publish many successful novels. Her writing often drew from her experience growing up female in a bourgeois family, advocating for better education for women and criticizing marriages of convenience.

In 1876, after Stahr's death, she moved to Dresden, where she engaged in literary work until her death on August 5, 1889."^[2][3]

• Buried at Alter Friedhof in Germany.^[4] This former cemetery was transformed into a theme park.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Geni
2. ↑ English Wikipedia
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} German Wikipedia
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 August 2020), memorial page for Fanny Lewald (24 Mar 1811–5 Aug 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 144813824, citing Alter Friedhof, Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany ; Maintained by Thomas Haas (contributor 48162931) .