Friederike Kempner

Friederike Kempner.

Friederike Kempner (June 25, 1836, village of Opatów, then Posen - February 23, 1904, Friederikenhof (Polish: Gierczyce, Kępno County), nearby Rychtal) was a Polish-German Jewish poetess

Early in life, she developed an interest in general humanitarian questions and especially in hygiene, and urgently advocated the introduction of morgues and crematories, and the abolition of solitary confinement. Some years before her death she was stricken with blindness. She resided on her estate of "Friederikenhof", near Reichthal (now Rychtal), where she wrote many works.

Literary works

• Gedichte, 2d ed., Breslau, 1852 (frequently republished)
• Novellen, 1861
• Denkschrift über die Nothwendigkeit einer Gesetzlichen Einführung von Leichenhäusern), 1867 (republished five times)
• Nettelbeck als Patriot und Kosmopolit, a novel, 1868

Dramas

• Berenice, 1860
• Rudolf der Zweite, 1867
• Antigonos, 1880

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Kempner, Friederike". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.