Marie Luise Kaschnitz
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Marie Luise Kaschnitz (born Marie Luise von Holzing-Berslett on January 31, 1901 in Karlsruhe; died October 10, 1974 in Rome) was a German novelist and poet. She married an archaeologist named Guido Freiherr Von Kaschnitz-Weinberg in 1925 and travelled with him on archaeological expeditions. She won the Georg Büchner Prize in 1955 and the Roswitha Prize in 1973. After 1960 she became more influenced by Pablo Neruda and also wrote about reality. She is considered to be one of the leading post-war German poets and the Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize is named for her.
