Boy-Ed, Ida |
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BORN 17 Apr 1852, Hamburg: Bergedorf - DIED 13 May 1928, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein: Travemünde BIRTH NAME Boy-Ed, Ida Cornelia Ernestina CAUSE OF DEATH NT - V - 19 - I/II GRAVE LOCATION Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein: Burgtorfriedhof, Travemünder Allee |
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Ida Ed was the daughter of the publisher, editor and politician Christoph Marquard Ed (1809-1885). Her mother was Friederike Amalie Pauline, born Selzam. In 1865 the family moved to Lübeck and there she married the merchant Carl Johann Boy (1845-1904) in 1870. They had four children between 1871 and 1877. But the family of her husband ridiculed her literary interests and even forbade her to write. In 1878 she fled to Berlin with her oldest son Karl. Her other children were left with her widowed sister Amalie Dieck-Ed. She tried to make a living as a journalist in Berlin with the help of her father's friend Rudolf Mosse. But her husband denied her a divorce and forced her son Karl to return to Lübeck. She followed in 1880. She lived separated from her husband but her writing gradually improved her position in society. In 1882 "Ein Tropfen", a collection of short stories, was published. She published 21 books until 1894 and around 70 during her lifetime. She probably met the young Thomas Mann in 1892 or 1893 and she actively supported him in his career. They corresponded from 1903 until her death. In 1904 she suggested the still unknown Wilhelm Furtwängler as musical director for Lübeck and he was immediately hired afterwards. Her husband died in the same year. In 1910 she published "Ein königlicher Kaufmann". It was inspired by the commercial people from Lübeck. Ida Boy-Ed spent several winters in Egypt. On the occasion of her sixtieth birthday in 1912 the Senate of Lübeck granted her the right to live permanently in the apartment in the customs house next to the castle gate. She lived there until her death. In 1914 her son Walther was wounded in the Battle of the Marne and he died soon afterwards. Her son Karl became a naval officer. She died in Lübeck in 198 and she was buried in the grave of her husband at the Burgtorfriedhof. Related persons • supported Abendroth, Hermann • supported Furtwängler, Wilhelm |
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 The grave of Ida Boy-Ed at the Burgtorfriedhof in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein. Picture by Androom (05 Feb 2023) |
 The grave of Ida Boy-Ed at the Burgtorfriedhof in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein. Picture by Androom (05 Feb 2023) |
Sources • Ida Boy-Ed, 1852-1928 • Ida Boy-Ed - Wikipedia (DE) |
