Lita zu Putlitz (real name Elisabeth Karoline Josephine Gans zu Putlitz), (27 October 1862 at Schloss Retzin [de] – 1935) was a German woman writer.
Life
Putlitz was the only daughter of the married couple Gustav and Elisabeth Gans zu Putlitz, née Countess Königsmarck. She had four older brothers, Stephan Gans zu Putlitz [de], Konrad Gans zu Putlitz [de], Joachim Gans zu Putlitz [de] and Wolfgang Gans zu Putlitz. A younger brother named Victor died as an infant. The family lived alternately at Schloss Retzin and at the Königsmarcksches Palais [de] in Berlin until his profession took Gustav Gans zu Putlitz to Karlsruhe. After the death of her father, Lita zu Putlitz lived with her mother and a brother at Schloss Retzin.
She wrote an autobiographical essay entitled Aus dem Bildersaal meines Lebens and 1813, a festival play in two acts, as well as literary occasional works. She also published her mother's memoirs.
References
- For the castle, see die Prignitz(PDF; 1.9 MB), p. 35.
- Gudrun Wedel, Autobiographien von Frauen: Ein Lexikon, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20585-0, pp. 666 f.
- Aus dem Bildersaal meines Lebens 1862–1931 on WorldCat
- Heil, Ortrud (2010). Adelige Frauen als Pionierinnen der Berufsbildung die ländliche Hauswirtschaft und der Reifensteiner Verband (in German). Kassel: Kassel Univ. Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-3-89958-904-7. OCLC 724086531.
External links
- Literature by and about Lita zu Putlitz in the German National Library catalogue
