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Rebecca Friedländer

German novelist and short-story writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rebecca Friedländer
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Rebecca Friedländer (4 October 1783 – 30 August 1850) was a German novelist and short-story writer, composed “romantic novels” under the pen name of Regina Frohberg.[1] She was also a close friend of Rahel Varnhagen, a renowned German writer.[2]

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Rebecca Friedländer

Biography

Rebecca Friedländer was born as Rebecca Solomon in Berlin, Germany on 4 October 1783 into a Jewish family of Jacob B Solomon and Cheile Eger.[3] Her father, who was a jewel merchant for the court, changed the family name from Solomon to Saaling.

In 1801, at the age of eighteen, she married Moses Friedländer, a banker, who was the son of David Friedländer, a prominent leader of the Berlin Jewish community.[4][5][6] But she got a divorce in 1805. She converted to Christianity, and changed her name as Regina Frohberg.[7] She never remarried.[8]

Her first novel was published in 1808. In the beginning the literary style of her novels focused on "the romantic life about salon society".[9] In 1813 she moved to Vienna, and resided until her death.[10]

She died in Ischl, Vienna on 30 August 1850.

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