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Anna Louisa Karsch

German poet

Died when: 68 years 315 days (826 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Anna Louisa Karsch

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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