Sophie Hoechstetter
Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter (15 August 1873 – 4 April 1943)[1] was a German painter, poet,[2] and author.
Sophie Hoechstetter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter 15 August 1873 Pappenheim, German Empire |
| Died | 4 April 1943 (aged 69) Dachau, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | writer, poet, artist |
Hoechstetter was born in Pappenheim as the youngest daughter of a pharmacist. She wrote numerous novels and poems. She admired George Gordon Byron and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[1] Hoechstetter died in Dachau on the farm of Carl Olof and Elly Petersen. She was buried in the St. Gallus Church in Pappenheim.
References
- Prusakow, Renate (February 2007). "Sophie Hoechstetter, Dichterin & Malerin" (PDF). alemannia-judaica. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- Paley, David William. "Sophie Walburga Margaretha Hoechstetter 1873-1943". Poems Without Frontiers. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
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