Annie Lemp Konta

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

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]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alexander Konta". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1933-04-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  2. ^ a b Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1912.
  3. ^ a b "Suit for $101,000 by Wife Reveals Konta Separation". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1914-01-04. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  4. ^ a b Sampson, Francis Asbury (1910). Missouri Historical Review. State Historical Society of Missouri.
  5. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b 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.
  10. ^ "French Literary History". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1910-03-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  11. ^ The Hesperian. Alexander N. De Menil. 1911.
  12. ^ The Independent. Independent Publications, Incorporated. 1909.
  13. ^ "St. Louisan's Book, Two Years Old, Discovered". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1913-12-16. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. ^ "Writers and Books". Boston Evening Transcript. 1910-01-05. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  15. ^ "Annie Lemp Konta's Book Shows Review of Rostand New Play, So Long Secret". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1910-01-23. p. 27. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  16. ^ "Book review in German". Mississippi Blätter. 1910-01-02. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  17. ^ "Lemp Heiress Writes Book Praised for Scholarship". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1909-12-19. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  18. ^ "By Default Annie Lemp Meyer Will Get Her Divorce". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1893-06-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  19. ^ "The Lemp-Meyer Quarrel - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  20. ^ "Annie and Alex Konta marriage". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1895-10-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  21. ^ The Bookman. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1910.
  22. ^ Eckers, Dr Scott (2019-07-05). "A Yellow Journalist in East Meadow". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  23. ^ History of the Class of 1908, Yale College. Yale University. 1908.