Bertha von Suttner (1843 - 1914)
In The Man Without Qualities she's mentioned in the same breath as Tolstoy: Take Tolstoy, for instance, and Bertha Suttner, two writers whose ideas were equally discussed at the time -- but now, Diotima thought, can mankind even have a roast chicken without violence? *** Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner , Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist , and the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Biography Suttner was born in Prague , Bohemia , the daughter of an impoverished [ 1 ] Austrian Field Marshal, Franz-Josef Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, and wife Sophie von Körner, and governess to the wealthy Suttner family from 1873. She had an older brother, Arthur Franz Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. She became engaged to engineer and novelist Arthur Gundaccar Freiherr von Suttner (...