Marie Henriette Steil

Born in Luxembourg City, she is known to have been keen to assert her independence as a woman and to have promoted feministic trends such as a boyish hairstyle.

After publishing some short pieces in Les Cahiers luxembourgeois, she aspired to become a professional writer but died when she was only 32.

They included the story Der Mond und das Mädchen (The Moon and the Maiden) which she sent in to a contest organized by the Luxemburger Zeitung.

In Les Cahiers luxembourgeois she maintained a column Lettres de Suzette à Micromégas.

[1] In September 2005, the Luxembourg Post Office issued a stamp in her memory bearing the sketched portrait displayed here.