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Lou Andreas-Salomé

Born

February 12, 1861

Died

January 05, 1937

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Lou Andreas-Salomé (née Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia to parents of French Huguenot and northern German descent. Her diverse intellectual interests led to friendships with an astounding array of luminaries, including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Rilke.

Andreas-Salomé was a prolific author, writing several plays, essays and more than a dozen novels. It was Andreas-Salome who began calling Rilke "Rainer" instead of "René." Her Hymn to Life so deeply impressed Nietzsche that he was moved to set it to music. She was one of the first female psychoanalysts (a career she maintained until a year before her death) and also one of the first women to write on female sexuality. Her book, Lebensrückblic ...more

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	Arayışlar by Lou Andreas-Salomé, İlknur İgan (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 2,487 ratings — published 1894 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feniçka by Lou Andreas-Salomé, İlknur İgan (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 1,936 ratings — published 1898 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruth by Lou Andreas-Salomé, İlknur İgan (Translator), Gamze Varım (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 1895 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volga by Lou Andreas-Salomé, İlknur İgan (Translator) 3.19 avg rating — 441 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nietzsche by Lou Andreas-Salomé, Siegfried Mandel (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1894 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Back: Memoirs by Lou Andreas-Salomé, Breon Mitchell (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1951 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eros by Lou Andreas-Salomé, Henri Plard (Translator), Ernst Pfeiffer (Preface) 3.79 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1910 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Alone Are Real to Me: Remembering Rainer Maria Rilke (American Readers Series) by Lou Andreas-Salomé, Angela von der Lippe (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1988 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salome Letters by Lou Andreas-Salomé, Sigmund Freud 3.96 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riflessioni sull'amore 3.75 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1900 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you have no more happiness to give:
Give me your pain.”
― Lou Andreas-Salomé

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“Poetry is something in-between the dream and its interpretation.”
― Lou Andreas-Salome

tags: on-poetry-and-dreams

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“Should we not be moved rather than chilled by the knowledge that he might have attained his greatness only through his frailties?”
― Lou Andreas-Salome, Sigmund Freud and Lou Andreas-Salome Letters

tags: freud, psychoanalysis

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