Ricarda Huch

1864 - 1947

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country of citizenship: Germany

native language: German

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Zurich

occupation: writer, poet, librarian, historian, novelist, playwright, philosopher

award received: Goethe Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Jena, Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Wilhelm Raabe Prize

Ricarda Huch (German: [huχ]; 18 July 1864 – 17 November 1947) was a pioneering German intellectual. Trained as a historian, and the author of many works of European history, she also wrote novels, poems, and a play. Asteroid 879 Ricarda is named in her honour. Source: Wikipedia (en)