Karoline Louise Brachmann (2 February 1777 — 17 September 1822) was a German poet, short story writer, and novelist.
Biography Louise Brachmann was born in Rochlitz, Saxony, to a civil service father and a cultured mother. Responsible for her education, Louise's mother was close to the Hardenberg family, which included the celebrated poet Novalis. Louise's mother introduced her to Novalis, who, recognizing Brachmann's talent and potential, recommended her to Friedrich von Schiller. Brachmann contributed to Schiller's journals the Die Horen and Musenalmanach. In 1800, four years after her first suicide attempt, her parents, sister, and three close friends died. She met Sophie Mereau in Jena, where she published poems and short stories in modern journals. However, she failed to find a publisher to sponsor her work in her lifetime. Brachmann's second suicide attempt was thwarted and, a few days later, she drowned herself in the river Saale in Halle, Germany.
Published works Louise Brachmann's published works as cited by An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers.
Lyrische Gedichte, 1800 Gedichte, 1808 "Einige Züge aus meinem Leben in Beziehung auf Novalis" Romantische Blüten, 1817 Das Fottesurteil. Rittergedicht in fünf Gesängen, 1818 Novellen und kleine Romane, 1819 Schilderungen aus der Wirklichkeit, 1820 Novellen, 1822 Romantische Blätter, 1823 Verirrungen oder Die Macht der Verhältnisse, novel, 1823 Auserlesene Dichtungen von L.B., F.K.J. Schütz, ed., 2 volumes, 1824 Erzählungen und Novellen, F.K.J. Schütz, ed., 4 volumes, 1825 Auserlesene Erzählungen und Novellen, K.L.M. Müller, ed., 4 volumes, 1825–1826
Translation: The Three Sons [Die drei Söhne], 1827
References
External links A selection of Brachmann's works on the Sophie database