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Rachel Akerman

Born in 1522 / Died in 1544 / Austria / German

Rachel Akerman poet from Austria was born in 1522, had 22 years and died in 1544. Poems were written mainly in German language. Dominant movement is other.

Biography

Rachel Akerman (1522-1544) was an Austrian-Jewish poet.
The earliest Jewish woman to write German poetry; born probably at Vienna, 1522; died at Iglau, Moravia, 1544. She appears to have received an excellent education, having studied both Latin and Greek. She soon exhibited poetical powers, and began to exercise them at an early age. On account of her poem, "Geheimniss des Hofes" (The Mystery of the Courts), in which she described the intrigues of courtiers, Rachel and her father were expelled from Vienna, where they had lived. She died heartbroken at this treatment. ..