Freifrau Bertha von Suttner
(1843-1914)
Born 9 June 1843 Praha, Bohemia
Died 21 June 1914 Wien
Married 12 June 1876 Wien-Gumpendorf
Freiherr Arthur Gundaccar von Suttner
Born circa 1850
Died 10 December 1902
S.P.
An Austrian novelist, known
chiefly as an ardent pacifist. Her
pacifist novel "Die Waffen
Nieder" (1889, translated "Lay Down Your
Arms", 1892) had great social
impact. Through her subsequent
friendship with Alfred Nobel,
she influenced him to establish the
Nobel Prizes. She was the
first woman awarded (1905) the Nobel Peace
Prize.
Source: The Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press.
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