Gottsched, Luise Adelgunde (1713–1762)
Gottsched, Luise Adelgunde (1713–1762)
German poet and translator. Name variations: Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched. Born April 11, 1713, in Danzig, Germany; died June 26, 1762, in Leipzig, Germany; m. Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766, writer and critic); no children.
Worked as husband's secretary and translator but became famous for own comedies and poetry; works include Die Pietisterey im Fischbein-Rocke (1736) and Kleinere Gedichte (1761); her lifelong friend Henriette von Runckel published letters as Briefe der Frau Louise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched gebohnre Kulmus (1771–72).
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