biography
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Droste-Hülshoff, Annette Elisabeth, Freiin (Baroness) von
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pronunciation:
[drostuh hüls
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| female
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| lived:
| (1797–1848)
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| biography:
| Poet, born near Münster, W Germany. Commonly regarded as Germany's greatest woman writer, she led a retired life on her family estate. Her poetry is mainly on religious themes and on the Westphalian countryside. She also wrote a novella, Die Judenbuche (1842, The Jew's Beech Tree). Her works were published posthumously in 1851. |
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