Meta Klopstock

Meta Klopstock
Portrait of Meta Klopstock, c. 1755, by Dominicus van der Smissen
Born
Margareta Moller

(1728-03-16)March 16, 1728
Hamburg
DiedNovember 28, 1758(1758-11-28) (aged 30)
Hamburg
Occupationwriter
Known forletters

Margareta Klopstock or Meta Klopstock (German: [ˈklɔpʃtɔk]; 16 March 1728 – 28 November 1758) was a German writer. Her letters, particularly those to Samuel Richardson, and the story of her life were popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She was married to the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.

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