Eugenie Hirschberg-Pucher Explained

Eugenie Hirschberg-Pucher
Pseudonym:Mme. Posdnischew
Birth Name:Eugenie Pucher
Birth Place:Mitau, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Riga, Latvia
Language:German
Parents:Solomon Pucher

Eugenie Hirschberg-Pucher (1862 – 30 April 1937)[1] was a Latvian poet and writer. Most of her work was published in the Latvian German-language press in the early 1900s.

Biography

Eugenie Pucher was born in Mitau, Courland, to Rabbi Solomon Pucher and his wife Rosa. She married ophthalmologist Wilhelm (Wulff) Hirschberg in 1887. They lived in Vitebsk, Kharkov, and the Yekaterinoslav Governorate before settling permanently in Riga in 1911. There she operated a salon for local writers and artists.

She made her literary debut in 1886 with the poetry collection Schülerliebe. In 1896 she anonymously published the story Ihre Kreutzersonate, which was met with acclaim.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Eugenie Hirschberg-Pucher gestorben. F. H. E.. Rigasche Post. 2 May 1937. 12. de.
  2. Book: Brinkman's alphabetische lijst van boeken, landkaarten en verder in den boekhandel voorkomende artikelen. 51. Leiden. A. W. Sijthoff. 1896. nl. 103.