b. 2 February 1777. d. 17 September 1822. Nationality: German.
Poet and short fiction writer. Born in Rochlitz. Wrote for the journals *Die Horen*
and *Musenalmanach*, edited by Friedrich von Schiller. Attempted suicide in 1800.
Successive attempts led to her drowning in the river Saale (1822). Biographical information:
Helene M. Kastinger Riley, Louise Brachmann, *An Encyclopedia of Continental Women
Writers*, edited by Katharina M. Wilson, Garland Pub, 1991, p. 164. (DD)