Mite Kremnitz
Mite Kremnitz, born Marie von Bardeleben, was a German writer.Biography
Kremnitz was the daughter of the famous surgeon Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben. She grew in Greifswald, London and, starting with 1868, in Berlin. Later she married the doctor Wilhelm Kremnitz and moved with him to Bucharest in 1875. The couple had 2 children.
In Romania, Marie became good friends with the Queen Elisabeth, who wrote poems, novels and short stories under the nom de plume Carmen Sylva, and in 1881 she was appointed her maid of honor. They published several novels and a drama in collaboration, Marie signing with the pseudonym Ditto and Idem. Starting with 1890 she changed it to Mite Kremnitz.
After her husband's death in 1897, Kremnitz returned to Berlin. She died on 18 July 1916, aged 64.Works
- Rumänische Dichtungen, 1881
- Fluch der Liebe, short stories, 1881
- Neue rumänische Skizzen, 1881
- Rumänische Märchen, 1882
- Aus der rumänischen Gesellschaft, two novels, 1882
- Ein Fürstenkind, a novel, 1883
- Rumäniens Anteil am Kriege 1877-78, 1887
- as Ditto and Idem: Anna Boleyn, historic drama, 1886
- as Ditto and Idem: Astra, an epistolary novel, 1886
- as Ditto and Idem: Feldpost, an epistolary novel, 1886
- as Ditto and Idem: Rache und andere Novellen, 1888
- as Ditto and Idem: In der Irre, short stories, 1887
- Ausgewanderte, a novel, 1890
- Elina. Zwischen Kirche und Pastorat, two short stories, 1894
- Sein Brief, short stories, 1896
- Herr Baby. Eine Kindergeschichte, 1901
- Mann und Weib, short stories, 1902
- Am Hofe der Ragusa, a novel, 1902
- Fatum, stories, 1903
- König Karol von Rumänien. Ein Lebensbild, 1903
- Carmen Sylva, a biography, 1903
- Maria, Fürstin Mutter zu Wied, Prinzessin zu Nassau. Lebensbild, 1904
- Mutterrecht, short stories, 1906
- Eine Hilflose, a novel, 1906
- Was die Welt schuldig nennt, 1907
- Der rote Streif. Eine Liebesgeschichte, 1908
- Ist das - das Leben?, Roman, 1909
- Die Getäuschten, Roman, 1909
- Laut Testament, Roman, 1911
- Das Geheimnis der Weiche, stories, 1913
