Manon Gropius | |
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| Born | Alma Manon Anna Justina Carolina Gropius 5 October 1916 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 22 April 1935 (aged 18) Vienna, Austria |
| Pen name | Mutzi |
| Occupation | Muse |
| Parents | Walter Gropius, Alma Mahler |
Alma Manon Anna Justina Carolina Gropius (5 October 1916 – 22 April 1935) was the Austrian-born daughter of the German architect Walter Gropius and the Austrian composer and diarist Alma Mahler and the stepdaughter of the novelist and poet Franz Werfel.[1] She is a Randfigur (peripheral person) whose importance lies in her relationships to major figures: a muse who inspired the composer Alban Berg, as well as Werfel and the Nobel Prize-winning writer Elias Canetti. Manon Gropius is most often cited as the "angel" and dedicatee of Berg's Violin Concerto.[2]
- ^ Oliver Hilmes (2004). Witwe im Wahn: Das Leben der Alma Mahler-Werfel [Widow in Delusion: The Life of Alma Mahler-Werfel] (in German). Munich: Siedler. ISBN 9783442734115.
- ^ Alma Mahler (1960). Meine Leben [My Life] (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag. ISBN 9783596205455.