Annie Lemp Konta

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Annie Laurie Lemp Konta (died 1939) was an American writer and socialite. [1]

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Biography

Annie Laurie Lemp was born to William J. Lemp and Julia Lemp in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] [3] [4] Her family owned and her grandfather had founded the Lemp Brewing Company. [5]

In 1905, a travel article she wrote appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . [6]

Lemp Konta published a book and a pamphlet. [7] Her book, The History of French Literature from the Oath of Strasburg to Chanticleer, was published in 1910. [8] [9] [10] It was written for the general reader and received reviews that were largely positive. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] She wrote the book on a typewriter, without the help of writing assistants, over a ten-year period. [17]

Her pamphlet, "A Plea for Moderation: Based Upon Observations of an American Woman in a Belligerent Country," was published after the beginning of World War I; it defended Wilhelm II and argued against Prohibition in the United States. [7]

Personal life and death

She married Henry J. Meyer. They divorced in 1893 amidst allegations of Meyer's abuse. They had a custody battle over their son, Geoffrey. [18] [19]

She married Alexander Konta, a Hungarian-born banker and theatre producer, on October 8, 1895, at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. [20] [21] [4] [5] [1] [2] She and Alexander Konta were separated by 1914. [3] Alexander Konta died in 1933. [1] Geoffrey, then known as Geoffrey Konta, became an attorney who worked for William Randolph Hearst. [22] [23]

She died of a stroke in December 1939 in New York City. [5]

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  2. 1 2 Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1912.
  3. 1 2 "Suit for $101,000 by Wife Reveals Konta Separation". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1914-01-04. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  4. 1 2 Sampson, Francis Asbury (1910). Missouri Historical Review. State Historical Society of Missouri.
  5. 1 2 3 "Annie Lemp Konta". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1939-12-20. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  6. ↑ "How I spent Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and Christmas Day in Jerusalem". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1905-12-24. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  7. 1 2 Naffziger, Chris (2017-06-14). "When a Lemp argued against Prohibition—and for the German Empire". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  8. ↑ "American Woman in Paris Beats Rivals". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1909-12-21. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  9. ↑ "Tears Veil from 'Chanticler,' Rostand's Mysterious Drama". The Indianapolis Star. 1910-01-04. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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  12. ↑ The Independent. Independent Publications, Incorporated. 1909.
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  14. ↑ "Writers and Books". Boston Evening Transcript. 1910-01-05. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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  16. ↑ "Book review in German". Mississippi Blätter. 1910-01-02. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
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