Mite Kremnitz born Marie von Bardeleben (pen name

Pen name

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s George Allan, Ditto and Idem), was a German

Germany

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 writer.

Biography

Kremnitz was the daughter of the famous surgeon Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben

Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben

Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben was a German surgeon born in Frankfurt .He studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelberg, Giessen, Paris and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in Berlin in 1841. Later he became a professor of surgery at the University of Greifswald...

. She grew in Greifswald, London

London

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 and, starting with 1868, in Berlin. Later she married the doctor Wilhelm Kremnitz and moved with him to Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 in 1875. The couple had 2 children.

In Romania

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, Marie became good friends with the Queen Elisabeth

Elisabeth of Wied

-Titles and styles:*29 December 1843 – 15 November 1869: Her Serene Highness Princess Elisabeth of Wied*15 November 1869 – 26 March 1881: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Romania...

, who wrote poems, novels and short stories under the nom de plume Carmen Sylva, and in 1881 she was appointed her maid of honor

Maids of Honour

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. They published several novels and a drama in collaboration, Marie signing with the pseudonym Ditto and Idem. Starting with 1890 she changed it to Mite Kremnitz.

After her husband's death in 1897, Kremnitz returned to Berlin

Berlin

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. She died on July 18, 1916, aged 64.

Works

• Rumänische Dichtungen ("Romanian Poems"), 1881
• Fluch der Liebe ("The Curse of Love"), short stories, 1881
• Neue rumänische Skizzen ("New Romanian Sketches"), 1881
• Rumänische Märchen ("Romanian Fairy-Tales"), 1882
• Aus der rumänischen Gesellschaft ("From The Romanian Society"), two novels, 1882
• Ein Fürstenkind ("A Princely Child"), a novel, 1883
• Rumäniens Anteil am Kriege 1877-78 ("Romania's Participation in The War of 1877-78"), 1887
• as Ditto and Idem: Anna Boleyn, historic drama, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
• as Ditto and Idem: Astra, an epistolary novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
• as Ditto and Idem: Feldpost ("The Postal Service"), an epistolary novel, 1886 (together with Carmen Sylva)
• as Ditto and Idem: Rache und andere Novellen ("The Revenge and Other Short Stories"), 1888 (together with Carmen Sylva)
• as Ditto and Idem: In der Irre ("Astray"), short stories, 1887 (together with Carmen Sylva)
• Ausgewanderte ("Emigrated"), a novel, 1890
• Elina. Zwischen Kirche und Pastorat ("Elina. Between the Church and the Pastorate"), two short stories, 1894
• Sein Brief ("His Letter"), short stories, 1896
• Herr Baby. Eine Kindergeschichte ("Mr. Baby. A Child Story"), 1901
• Mann und Weib ("Man and Woman"), short stories, 1902
• Am Hofe der Ragusa ("At the Ragusa Court"), a novel, 1902
• Fatum ("Fate"), stories, 1903
• König Karol von Rumänien. Ein Lebensbild ("King Carol of Romania. A Biography"), 1903
• Carmen Sylva, a biography, 1903
• Maria, Fürstin Mutter zu Wied, Prinzessin zu Nassau. Lebensbild ("Maria, Princess-Mother of Wied, Princess of Nassau. A Biography"), 1904
• Mutterrecht ("Matriarchy"), short stories, 1906
• Eine Hilflose ("A Helpless Woman"), a novel, 1906
• Was die Welt schuldig nennt ("What The World Calls Guilty"), 1907
• Der rote Streif. Eine Liebesgeschichte ("The Red Stripe. A Love Story"), 1908
• Ist das - das Leben? ("Is This The Life?"), Roman, 1909
• Die Getäuschten ("The Deceived"), Roman, 1909
• Laut Testament ("According To The Will"), Roman, 1911
• Das Geheimnis der Weiche ("The Secret of The Gate"), stories, 1913