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1797 – 1848Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848)Died 24 May 1848, aged 51German poet and novelist, among the most important German women writers of the 19th century. Her novella Die Judenbuche is a classic of German literature. She died at Meersburg on Lake Constance.