Waser, Maria (1878–1939)
Waser, Maria (1878–1939)
Swiss novelist and essayist. Born Oct 15, 1878, in Bern, Switzerland; died Jan 19, 1939; dau. of Walter Krebs; m. Otto Waser, 1904.
Works include fiction and criticism on art history and the historical novel Die Geschichte der Anna Waser (1913), about 17th-century Zurich painter Anna Waser. Was first woman to win Literature Prize of City of Zurich (1938).
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