Rahel Varnhagen | |
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| Born | 17 May 1771 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 7 March 1833 (aged 61) Berlin, Germany |
| Resting place | Holy Trinity Church, Berlin |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | German |
| Period | Age of Enlightenment |
| Spouse | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense |
Rahel Antonie Friederike Varnhagen (German: [ˈʁaːɛl ˈfaʁnhaːɡən]) (née Levin, later Robert; 19 May 1771 – 7 March 1833)[1][2] was a German writer who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late-18th and early-19th centuries. She is the subject of a celebrated biography, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess (1957), by Hannah Arendt.[3] Arendt cherished Varnhagen as her "closest friend, though she ha[d] been dead for some hundred years". The asteroid 100029 Varnhagen is named in her honour.
- ^ Heidi Thomann Tewarson, Rahel Varnhagen (Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1988)
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Hannah Arendt (1958): Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine