Ingeborg Maria Sick:
(1858–1951).
Danish writer and philanthropist. After devoting many years to supporting philanthropic initiatives for the poor and needy, from her forties she concentrated on writing, publishing some 30 novels as well as poetry and biographies. Fangernes Ven (Friend of the Prisones, 1921), a biography of the Swedish-Finnish philanthropist Mathilda Wrede, is among her most important works. Published in translation throughout Scandinavia and Germany, her novels were widely read. Helligt Ægterskab (Holy Matrimony, 1903) appeared in no less than six editions in a single year.
Between two people, who love each other, friendship is and remains nothing but a beautiful stone on a grave.
