Kirschner, Lola (1854–1934)

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Kirschner, Lola (1854–1934)

Czech-born novelist. Name variations: Aloisia or Aloiysia Kirschner; (pseudonym) Ossip Schubin. Born June 17, 1854, in Lochkov, Prague, Czechoslovakia; died Feb 10, 1934, at Schloss Kosatek, Czechoslovakia; dau. of a Jewish Bohemian landowner; sister of Marie Kirschner (1852–1931, painter).

Traveled widely with mother and mixed in literary circles that included George Sand and Ivan Turgenev; her novellas reflect European salon culture.

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