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Anna Louisa Karsch

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Karsch, Anna Louisa
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Person
Gender
Female
Date of birth
1722-12-01
Place of birth
Świebodzin
Date of death
1791-10-12
Place of death
Berlin

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Anna Louisa Karsch (1 December 1722 in Hammer, Silesia – 12 October 1791 in Berlin) was a German autodidact and poet from the Silesia region, known to her contemporaries as "Die Karschin" and "the German Sappho". She became the first German woman to "live from the proceeds of her own literary works."

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German autodidact and poet from the Silesia region, known to her contemporaries as "Die Karschin" and "the German Sappho".

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