Sophie Tieck

1775–1833 (age 58)

writer

Biography

Sophie Tieck was a German Romantic writer whose imagination blossomed alongside the literary circle formed around her brother Ludwig; she crafted tales and translations that captured the bittersweet longings of her age while navigating the challenges that befell a woman author at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Her final years were spent near Tallinn, where she remained engaged in letters, and her remains rest in Kopli cemetery, a quiet place that honors the steady sensitivity of her creative voice.