Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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Ebner-Eschenbach about 1900
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| Born | Baroness Marie Dubský von Třebomyslice. September 13, 1830 Zdislavice Castle, Moravia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | March 12, 1916 (aged 85) Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
| Period | 1858–1909 |
| Genre | Drama, narrative, novel, novella, bildungsroman |
| Notable works | Das Gemeindekind, Dorf- und Schlossgeschichten |
Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, German: Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; September 13, 1830 – March 12, 1916) was an Austrian writer. Noted for her excellent psychological novels, she is regarded—together with Ferdinand von Saar—as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.
She was born at the castle of the Catholic Dubský (Dubský von Třebomyslice) noble family in Zdislavice (present Czech Republic) near Kroměříž in Moravia , the daughter of Baron (from 1843: Count) Dubsky and his wife Maria, née Baroness Vockel, who came from a Protestant-Saxon background. Marie lost her mother in early infancy, but received a careful intellectual training from two stepmothers. Despite being part of a noble family having access to her family's vast libraries, she was never actually schooled properly. In 1848 she married her cousin, the Austrian captain, and subsequent field-marshal, . The couple resided first in Vienna, then at Louka (Klosterbruck) near Znojmo, where her husband had a military charge, and after 1860 again in Vienna. The marriage was childless. Marie grappled with the domestic priorities of a woman. She kept a journal and wrote letters explaining how her life constantly felt interrupted because of these tasks. It has been speculated that Marie may have suffered from "hysteria" based on symptoms found throughout these entries including debilitating headaches and excessive nervousness.
Marie began devoting herself to literary work. In her endeavours she received assistance and encouragement from Franz Grillparzer and Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen. Her first publicized work was the drama Maria Stuart in Scotland (German: Maria Stuart in Schottland), which Philipp Eduard Devrient produced at the Karlsruhe theatre in 1860. Then came a tragedy in five acts, Marie Roland, with several one-act dramas: Doktor Ritter, Violets (German: Das Veilchen), and The Disconsolate One.
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