Kremnitz, Marie (1852–1916)

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Kremnitz, Marie (1852–1916)

German writer. Name variations: Marie von Kremnitz; Mite Kremnitz; (pseudonym) George Allan. Born Marie von Bardeleben in Greifswald, Germany, 1852; died 1916; m. Dr Kremnitz of Bucharest.

Was lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth of Wied; collaborated with Elizabeth under pseudonym "Dito Und Idem" to indicate their joint authorship of several works, including Aus zwei Welten (1884), a novel, Anna Boleyn (1886), a tragedy, Inderlrre (1888), a collection of short stories, Edleen Vaughan; or Paths of Peril (1894), another novel, and Sweet Hours (1904), a collection of poems written in English.

See also Women in World History.

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