Christiana Mariana von Ziegler

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Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695-1760) was a German poet and writer.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Ziegler was born in Leipzig. As a widow in the 1730s, Ziegler turned her family home into a literary and musical salon. Johann Christoph Gottsched encouraged her poetic activity. She became the first woman member of Gottsched's literary society, the Deutsche Gesellschaft. Johann Sebastian Bach set some of Ziegler's poetry to music.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Vermischte Schriften in gebundener und ungebunder Rede [Miscellaneous writings in verse and prose] (1739)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (Librettist) - Short Biography

[edit] Further reading

  • Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature

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