Sophie von La Roche (1730 - 1807)

Short name Sophie von La Roche
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First name Sophie
Birth name La Roche
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Alternative name Maria Sophie Gutermann von Gutershofen
Date of birth 1730
Date of death 1807
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Sex Female
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Place of death Germany
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Sophie von La Roche was ...
related to Bettina von Arnim
related to Marie-Elisabeth Bouée
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Receptions of Sophie von La Roche, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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ZZ*Mention in letter 2291 to LF Huber Isabelle de Charrière 1801 mentions person
*An advertisement of the novel *Carl och Emili eller de begge Emigranterne (Carl and Emilie or the both emigrants) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1826 mentions person
*An article about (?) the life of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1832 comments on person
Sophie von La Roche, die Freundin Wieland's Ludmilla Assing 1859 is biography of
*Art. in *German Women Writers Therese Albertine Louise von Jakob - Robinson 1861 comments on person
En modéhandlerska från förra århundradet. A mode shop keeper from the last century Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1872 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1880 mentions person
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "in 1771 when her children were nearly grown up she published anonymously the epistolary Geschichte des Frauleins von Sternheim, the first women's novel in Germany". - Mark Lehmstedt, Deutsche Literatur von Frauen. Berlin, Directmedia 2001 (Dig. Bibliothek 45 - CD-rom) - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 704. Cf. - Briefe Goethe's an Sophie von La Roche und Bettina Brentano. Berlin, 1879. - Neue Briefe vornehmlich an Sophie von La Roche Stuttgart, 1894.
Mention_in_PamelaL.Cheek,Heroines-and-Local-Girls_2019 Born in Kaufbeuren, died in Offenbach. French Revolution caused La Roche's widow's pension to be cut off, so she had to resort to writing. Travelled to (and wrote about) Switzerland, France, Netherlands, England. Collaborated with Christoph Martin Wieland (whom she had initially been engaged to).