Susanne von Klettenberg
| Susanne von Klettenberg |
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(1723-12-19)19 December 1723 |
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| Died |
16 December 1774(1774-12-16) (aged 50) |
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| Occupation |
Author, poet and writer |
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Susanne Katharina Seiffart von Klettenberg (19 December 1723 – 16 December 1774) was a German abbess and writer. She was a friend of Katharina Elisabeth Goethe, the mother of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Klettenberg corresponded with Goethe, and he shaped a character, "Beautiful Soul," after her in his novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship.[1]
References
- ↑ Blackwell, Jeannine and Susanne Zantop (1990). Bitter Healing: German Women Writers 1700–1830. University of Nebraska Press. p. 18.
