Susette Gontard (1769-1802)

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Name (English)
Susette Gontard
Short name
Susette Borkenstein Gontard
Year of birth
1769
Year of death
1802
Short Description
"Susette Gontard (née Borkenstein; 1769 – 1802), dubbed Diotima by the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin after Diotima of Mantinea, was the inspiration for Hölderlin's novel Hyperion, published in 1797–1799. She was the wife of Hölderlin's employer, the Frankfurt banker Jakob Friedrich Gontard. It is generally believed that the poet's fatal passion for her contributed to his descent into insanity and ultimate death. Hölderlin and Gontard exchanged a large body of letters, which was preserved and has been published in many editions." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.07.2021)
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