Dagny Juel

Dagny was born in Kongsvinger, Norway, the second of four daughters of Doctor Hans Lemmich Juell and his wife Mindy (née Blehr).

For several years she studied subjects such as Nature, History, Geography, Mathematics, English, German, and Norwegian language.

Przybyszewski left his common-law wife Martha Foerder and their two children (born in February and November 1892), and married Dagny on 18 August 1893.

Martha was found dead in her home on 9 June 1896, and Przybyszewski was arrested on suspicion of her murder, but after spending two weeks in prison, he was released when it was determined that she had died of poisoning by carbon monoxide, and that it was almost certainly suicide.

The decadent and financially precarious life with the increasingly alcohol-dependent Przybyszewski in Berlin was far from a suitable environment to raise children.

Dagny accompanied Przybyszewski to Kraków where he became a key figure in the Young Poland movement, and editor of the journal Życie.

On 5 June 1901, in a room of the small 'Grand Hotel' in the Georgian capital city of Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Emeryk shot Juel in the head; the next day he attempted to shoot himself.

It covers her life, written works, personal relationships, and her influence on and place in the local burgeoning bohemian scene in the late 1800s.

Norseng traveled throughout Northern Europe, and conducted personal interviews with Dagny Juel's family, among others, in the process uncovering new poetry and details from her life not previously known.

Blixa Bargeld, singer of German industrial band, Einsturzende Neubaten wrote a song about her, "Grand Hotel Tbilisi".