Malwida von Meysenbug | |
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![]() portrait by Franz von Lenbach | |
Born | Kassel, Hesse, Germany | 28 October 1816
Died | 23 April 1903 Rome, Italy | (aged 86)
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Author |
Known for | Memoirs of an Idealist |
Parent | Carl Rivalier (father) |
Malwida von Meysenbug (28 October 1816 — 23 April 1903) was a German writer, her work including Memoirs of an Idealist, the first volume of which she published anonymously in 1869. As well, she was a friend of Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner, and met the French writer Romain Rolland in Rome in 1890.