- Fanny zu Reventlow
Franziska (Countess zu) Reventlow (born 18 May 1871 in
Husum ; died 26 July 1918 inLocarno Switzerland , real name "Fanny Liena Wilhelmine Sophie Auguste Adrienne Gräfin zu Reventlow", was a Germanwriter ,artist andtranslator , who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" ofSchwabing , an entertainment district in Munich, in the years leading up to WW1.Life
Franziska (or Fanny, as she was called) Reventlow was the fifth of six children of the Prussian aristocrat Ludwig Graf zu
Reventlow (1825-1894) and his wife Emilie (1834-1905). She was born in the family seat atHusum . The family were friendly with the North German writerTheodor Storm .While young she was in constant conflict with her mother. She was thrown out of boarding school for misbehavior and lack of respect for the authorities. After being sent to stay with a family friend in 1893, she fled to Hamburg. Here she met Walter Lubke, who paid for a stay in
Munich studying art, and whom she married in 1894.The marriage broke up when she set off again in 1895 to Munich, to continue her art studies. They were divorced in 1897. In September of that year her son Rolf was born - she never divulged the name of the father. She supported herself by translation work and writing short articles for magazines and newspapers, such as "
Simplicissimus " and the "Frankfurter Zeitung ".She left Munich for
Ascona in Switzerland in 1910 (Monte Verità ), where she married for the second time.In 1916 she moved to
Muralto onLago Maggiore . She died in 1918 after an operation in a clinic inLocarno .Works
* "Ellen Olestjerne", J. Marchlewski, Munich 1903
* "Der Geldkomplex", Langen, Munich 1916
* "Das Logierhaus zur Schwankenden Weltkugel und andere Novellen", Langen, Munich 1917External links
* [http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/franziska-graefin-zu-reventlow Biography]
References
* Gunna Wendt: "Franziska zur Reventlow. Die anmutige Rebellin. Biographie" Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-351-02660-8.
* Ulla Egbringhoff: "Franziska zu Reventlow", Reinbek (rm 614), Rowohlt 2000, ISBN 3-499-50614-9
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