Life Lou Andreas-Salomé

1 life

1.1 years
1.2 rée , nietzsche, , later life
1.3 marriage , relationships
1.4 death

life
early years

salomé born in st. petersburg army general , wife. salomé daughter; had 5 sons. although later attacked nazis finnish jew , parents of french huguenot , northern german descent.

seeking education when 17, salomé persuaded dutch preacher hendrik gillot, 25 years senior, teach theology, philosophy, world religions, , french , german literature. gillot became smitten salomé planned divorce wife , marry her.

later, salomé , mother went zurich, salomé acquire university education. journey intended beneficial salomé s physical health; coughing blood @ time.

left right, andreas-salomé, rée , nietzsche (1882)


rée , nietzsche, , later life

salomé s mother took rome when salomé 21. @ literary salon in city, salomé became acquainted paul rée, author , compulsive gambler whom proposed living in academic commune. after 2 months, 2 became partners. on 13 may 1882, rée s friend friedrich nietzsche joined duo. salomé later (1894) write study, friedrich nietzsche in seinen werken (friedrich nietzsche in works), of nietzsche s personality , philosophy.

the 3 traveled salomé s mother through italy , considered set winterplan commune. commune intended set in abandoned monastery, no suitable location found, plan abandoned. arriving in leipzig, germany in october, salomé , rée separated nietzsche after falling-out between nietzsche , salomé, in salomé believed nietzsche desperately in love her.

in 1884 salomé became acquainted helene von druskowitz, second woman receive philosophy doctorate in zurich. rumored salomé later had romantic relationship sigmund freud.

marriage , relationships

salomé , rée moved berlin , lived until few years before celibate marriage linguistics scholar, friedrich carl andreas. despite opposition marriage , open relationships other men, salomé , andreas remained married 1887 until death in 1930.

the distress caused salomé s co-habitation andreas caused morose rée fade salomé s life despite assurances. throughout married life, engaged in affairs or/and correspondence german journalist , politician georg ledebour, german poet rainer maria rilke, whom wrote analytical memoir, psychoanalysts sigmund freud , viktor tausk, among others. accounts of many of these given in volume lebensrückblick. relationship freud still quite intellectual despite gossip romantic involvement. in 1 letter freud particularly commends salomé s deep understanding of people so offers understood people better people understood themselves. 2 exchanged letters.

her relationship rilke particularly close. salomé fifteen years senior. met when 21, lovers several years , correspondents until rilke s death; salome began calling him rainer rather rené. taught him russian, in order read tolstoy (whom later meet) , pushkin. introduced him patrons , other people in arts, remaining advisor, confidante , muse throughout adult life.

death


lou andreas-salomé s grave in göttingen

at age of 74, lou andreas-salomé ceased work psychoanalyst. had developed heart trouble, , in weakened condition had treated many times in hospital. husband visited daily; difficult situation old man, himself quite ill. after forty-year marriage marked illness on both sides , long periods of mutual non-communication, 2 grew closer. sigmund freud himself recognized afar, writing: proves permanence of truth [of relationship]. friedrich carl andreas died of cancer in 1930. andreas-salomé had undergo difficult cancer-related operation herself in 1935.

on evening of 5 february 1937 died of uremia in sleep, @ göttingen. urn laid rest in husband s grave in friedhof der groner landstraße (cemetery on groner landstrasse) in göttingen. memorial plaque on newly renovated ground floor of home, street named lou-andreas-salomé-weg (lou-andreas-salomé-way), , name of institute psychoanalysis , psychotherapy ( lou-andreas-salomé institut ) commemorate contributions of former resident of göttingen. few days before death gestapo confiscated library (according other sources sa group destroyed library, , shortly after death). pretense confiscation: had been colleague of sigmund freud s, had practiced jewish science , , had many books jewish authors in library.