| Code | DS/UK/1898 |
| Dates | 20/03/1855-22/09/1940 |
| Person Name | Herzfeld; Marie (20/03/1855-22/09/1940) |
| Surname | Herzfeld |
| Forenames | Marie |
| Activity | Writer, literature critic and translator. Active member in the circle of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Karl Emil Franzos, Rainer Maria Rilke, Gustav Klimt and Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
First translations of scandinavian authors (Björnstjerne Björnson, Jonas Lie, Arne Garborg, Knut Hamsun, Jens Peter Jacobsen); wrote essays in the Frankfurter Zeitung and Wiener Literaturzeitung; from 1900 concentrated on Italian Renaissance, especially Leonardo da Vinci; Vice-President (1901-1919) and honorary member (1919-) Wiener Verein der Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen tätig; Bauernfeld-Prize (1904).
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| Source | Florian Krobb, Sabine Strümper-Krobb: Literaturvermittlung um 1900: Fallstudien zu Wegen ins deutschsprachige kulturelle System. Amsterdam / New York 2001, p. 117; 'Marie Herzfeld', URL: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Herzfeld> [accessed 19/09/2011]. |
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