Johanna Schopenhauer | |
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Born | Johanna Henriette Trosiener 9 July 1766 Danzig, Royal Prussia, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland |
Died | 17 April 1838 Jena, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation | (aged 71)
Occupation | Author |
Language | German |
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | Polish, German |
Spouse |
Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer
(m. 1785–1805) |
Children | Arthur Schopenhauer Adele Schopenhauer |
Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener; 9 July 1766 – 17 April 1838) was the first German woman to publish books without a pseudonym, an influential literary salon host, and in the 1820s a popular author in Germany. She was also the mother of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.