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Born | Luise Goldmann 10 March 1858 Zombor, Hungary |
Died | 28 March 1914 Cologne, Prussia, German Empire | (aged 56)
Pen name | Luise von Asten |
Spouse |
Luise Fastenrath ( née Goldmann; 10 March 1858 – 28 March 1914), also known by the pen name Luise von Asten, was a Hungarian-born writer and translator.
She was born to a Jewish family in Zombor, the younger sister of Anna Forstenheim. In 1883, she converted to Catholicism and married writer Johannes Fastenrath at the Augustinian Church in Vienna. [1] She founded the Fastenrath Foundation soon after her husband's death in 1908. [2]
Fastenrath translated numerous works into German from Spanish, Catalan, and French, [3] including José Echegaray's drama Vida alegre y muerte triste. [4]
Luise Fastenrath | |
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Born | Luise Goldmann 10 March 1858 Zombor, Hungary |
Died | 28 March 1914 Cologne, Prussia, German Empire | (aged 56)
Pen name | Luise von Asten |
Spouse |
Luise Fastenrath ( née Goldmann; 10 March 1858 – 28 March 1914), also known by the pen name Luise von Asten, was a Hungarian-born writer and translator.
She was born to a Jewish family in Zombor, the younger sister of Anna Forstenheim. In 1883, she converted to Catholicism and married writer Johannes Fastenrath at the Augustinian Church in Vienna. [1] She founded the Fastenrath Foundation soon after her husband's death in 1908. [2]
Fastenrath translated numerous works into German from Spanish, Catalan, and French, [3] including José Echegaray's drama Vida alegre y muerte triste. [4]