Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Correspondence with Countess Ottonie Degenfeld: The Poet and the Countess. Edited by Marie-Therese Miller-Degenfeld
The tragic early death in 1908 of her husband, combined with the birth of her child, left Countess Ottonie Degenfeld confined to a wheelchair and in a state of severe depression. But two years earlier, she had met the famous young Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Learning of her situation, he now started writing to the 27-year-old Countess, and her road to a new life enriched by literature and the arts began. Presented here for the first time in the English language, their remarkable...
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The English translation of the correspondence between the turn-of-the-century Austrian poet and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Countess Ottonie Degenfeld.
