Rosa Maria Assing
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Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing nee Varnhagen
, (28 May 1783, Düsseldorf
- 22 January 1840, Hamburg
) was a German lyric poet
, prose-writer, educator, translator and silhouette artist
. She was the elder sister of Karl August Varnhagen
, the sister-in-law of Rahel Levin, and the mother of Ottilie
and Ludmilla Assing
. Her friends included Amalie Schoppe
, David Veit
and Fanny Tarnow
.
Varnhagen
The Varnhagen family was a German noble family from Westphalia. Its most notable members were Rosa Maria Varnhagen, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense and Rahel Varnhagen....
, (28 May 1783, Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
- 22 January 1840, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
) was a German lyric poet
Lyric poetry
Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems were those which were sung to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat...
, prose-writer, educator, translator and silhouette artist
Papercutting
Papercutting is the art of cutting paper designs. The art has evolved uniquely all over the world to adopt to different cultural styles.-History:...
. She was the elder sister of Karl August Varnhagen
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense was a German biographer, diplomat and soldier.-Biography:He was born at Düsseldorf, with siblings including Rosa Maria Varnhagen. He studied medicine in Berlin, but spent more time on philosophy and literature, which he later studied more thoroughly at Halle and...
, the sister-in-law of Rahel Levin, and the mother of Ottilie
Ottilie assing
Ottilie Davida Assing was a 19th century German feminist, freethinker, and abolitionist. Born in Hamburg, she was the eldest daughter of a prominent Jewish physician, David Assur, who converted to Christianity upon marriage and changed his name to Assing...
and Ludmilla Assing
Ludmilla Assing
Rosa Ludmilla Assing was a German writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Achim Lothar and Talora. Her mother Rosa Maria Assing was an author and her sister Ottilie Assing a feminist activist....
. Her friends included Amalie Schoppe
Amalie Schoppe
Amalie Schoppe was a German author. She was also known by her pseudonyms Adalbert von Schonen, Amalia and Marie. She is most notable as the author of books for children and young people, with an oeuvre totaling 200 volumes...
, David Veit
David Veit
-Life:His father Joseph Veit was a banker and his brother Simon Veit was the husband of Moses Mendelssohn's daughter Dorothea Schlegel, making David uncle to the painter Philipp Veit. During David Veit's time as a student he began a correspondence with Rahel Varnhagen von Ense, in which Veit also...
and Fanny Tarnow
Fanny Tarnow
Fanny Tarnow was a German writer. She was born Franziska Christiane Johanna Friederike Tarnow and wrote under the pseudonyms Fanny and F.T..- Life :...
.