A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Gross, Amalie von

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GROSS, AMALIE VON,

Better known under her nomme de plume, Amalie Winter, was born in 1803, at Weimar. Her maiden name was Leebach. In early life she became acquainted with Goethe, and her taste and mind were formed under the influence of that remarkable man. She appeared as an authoress at the age of thirty, by contributing to a popular annual. In 1838, she published "Pictures of German Life," and afterwards novelettes; "Pictures of Women," "Recollections of a Berlin Doll," "Recollections of a Leaden Soldier," "Fairy Tales of Nature," and "The Diadem and Sceptre." She has written a great many minor tales and poems.