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Marie Marx-Koning
1864–1926
A Dutch novelist and poet, she moved from musical training into a literary life and became known under both Marie Marx-Koning and Marie Metz-Koning. Her work belongs to the lively world of late 19th- and early 20th-century Dutch writing, with fiction and poetry at its center.
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Van 't viooltje dat weten wilde
by Marie Marx-Koning
About the author
Born in Amsterdam in 1864, she spent part of her childhood at a boarding school in Arnhem and later studied music in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, originally preparing for a career as a pianist. After her short marriage to physician H.W. Marx, she began publishing under the name Marie Marx-Koning; later she was also known as Marie Metz-Koning.
She wrote novels and poetry in Dutch and built a place for herself in the literary culture of her time. Biographical sources describe her as a Dutch fiction writer and poet, and her work continued to be remembered under both versions of her name.
She died in Ascona, Switzerland, in 1926. The path from music to literature, along with her changing name across different phases of her life, gives her story a distinct place in Dutch literary history.