Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Ebner-Eschenbach about 1900
BornMarie Dubský von Třebomyslice
(1830-09-13)13 September 1830
Zdislavice Castle, Moravia,
Austrian Empire
Died12 March 1916(1916-03-12) (aged 85)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist
Period1858–1909
GenreDrama, narrative, novel, novella, bildungsroman
Notable worksDas Gemeindekind, Dorf- und Schlossgeschichten

Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky (Czech: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachová, German: Marie Freifrau von Ebner-Eschenbach; 13 September 1830 – 12 March 1916) was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.