Lachmann was born in
Stolp,
Pomerania, in 1865, to a
Jewish family, and was the daughter of a
cantor, Isaak Lachmann. She spent her childhood in Stolp and a subsequent seven years in
Hürben (
Swabia). At the age of 15, she passed exams in
Augsburg to become a
language teacher. Two years later she became a
governess in
England. From 1899 until 1917 she belonged to both the
Friedrichshagen and
Pankow poetry societies. She met her future
husband,
Gustav Landauer, in 1899 at
Richard Dehmel's house. One of their grandchildren,
Mike Nichols, grew up to be an
American television, stage and
film director, writer, and producer. She died in
Krumbach, Swabia, a very early fatality of the
1918 flu pandemic. ==Works==