Friederike Brun, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Friederike Brun

Danish writer

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1765

Date of Death: 25-Mar-1835

Profession: writer, poet, salonnière

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Friederike Brun, née Münther (3 June 1765 – 25 March 1835), was a Danish author and salonist. She was married to the affluent merchant Constantin Brun and during the Danish Golden Age of the first half of the 19th century she arranged literary salons at Sophienholm, their summer retreat north of Copenhagen.
She is known for writing the poem Chamouny at Sunrise which was the original of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni.