Maria Stona

Maria Stona (born Marie Stonawski, married Marie Scholz; 1 December 1859 – 30 March 1944) was a German-Czech poet and writer. Her daughter was the sculptor Helen Zelezny-Scholz.

In Třebovice she led artistic salon. She drew into her circles many noticeable persons, world-famous artists, politicians and writers such as Georg Brandes, Georges Clemenceau, Berta von Suttner, Flinders Petrie, Stefan Zweig, being among her guests in her home the Třebovice (Strzebowitz) Castle.

Maria Stona corresponded regularly with Georg Brandes from 1899 to his death 1927. She died in 1944, during the World War II. Some of her books are available at The Royal Library in Copenhagen, which also holds some of her letters in the "Georg Brandes Arkivet". Provided by Wikipedia