Heyking, Elisabeth von (1861–1925)
Heyking, Elisabeth von (1861–1925)
German novelist and painter. Born Elisabeth von Arnim, Dec 10, 1861; died 1925; dau. of Armgard von Arnim (1821–1880); grandau. of Bettina von Arnim; m. Edmund von Heyking.
Lived 20 years in Beijing, Valparaiso, Cairo, NY, and Calcutta; anonymously published 1st novel Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten (Letters Which Never Reached Him, 1903), which was a bestseller; also wrote Tschun: Eine Geschichte aus dem Vorfruühling Chinas (1914) and Tagebu"cher aus vier Weltteilen (1926).
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