Hedwig Lachmann

Hedwig Lachmann (29 August 1865–21 February 1918) was a German author, translator and poet.

Life

Lachmann was born in Stolp, Pomerania in 1865 and was the daughter of a Jewish cantor. She spent her childhood in Stolp and a subsequent seven years in Hürben (Swabia) and at the age of 15 passed exams in Augsberg to become a language teacher. Two years later she became a governess in England.

From 1899 until 1917 she belonged to both Friedrichshagener and Pankower poetry societies.

She meet her future husband, Gustav Landauer, in 1899 at the house of Richard Demahls.

She died in Krumbach, Swabia in 1918.

Works

Poetry:"Im Bilde" 1902:"Collection of Poetry" post. 1919

TranslationsFrom English::Oscar Wilde: Salome :Works from Edgar Allan Poe:Works from Rabindranath TagoreFrom Hungarian::Hungarian Poems 1891:Works from Sándor PetőfiFrom French::Works from Honoré de Balzac