Wolff, Elisabeth (1738 - 1804)
| Short name | Wolff, Elisabeth |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/59194125/ |
| First name | Elisabeth |
| Birth name | Bekker |
| Married name | Wolff |
| Alternative name | Elisabeth Bekker , Elisabeth Wolff - Bekker , Silviana , E. en G. Wysneus , Paulus Dortsma Secundus |
| Date of birth | 1738 |
| Date of death | 1804 |
| Birth date Notes | 24-07-1738 |
| Death date Notes | 05-11-1804 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Vlissingen (Zeeland) |
| Place of death | Den Haag |
| Lived in | Trévoux , Middenbeemster (Noord-Holland) , Beverwijk , De Rijp (Noord-Holland) , Netherlands , Amsterdam |
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| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | Educated at home, School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| Wolff, Adriaan | 1759-1777 | Married |
Wolff, Elisabeth was ...
| related to | Maria Louiza Griethuizen - Carelius |
| related to | Horst, Anna Roelfzema-van der |
| related to | Petronella Johanna de Timmerman |
| collaborator , friend and professional colleague | Deken, Agatha |
| correspondent | Merken, Lucretia Wilhelmina van |
| related to | Post, Elisabeth Maria |
| related to | Dóll-Egges, Catharina Maria |
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| Place(s) of Residence | Trévoux , Middenbeemster (Noord-Holland) , Beverwijk , De Rijp (Noord-Holland) , Netherlands , Amsterdam |
Receptions of Wolff, Elisabeth, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
MENTIONED IN :
- Buck, Guide
- A.J. van der Aa, Parelen uit de lettervruchten van Nederlandsche dichteressen. Amsterdam, Hassels, 1856.
- Jonckbloet 1891 V 222-269
- NNBW 1911-1937
- Ter Laan 1941 (DBNL)
- Chapter in: Knuvelder, Beknopt handboek tot de geschiedenis der Nederlandse letterkunde. 1982 (10th ed.), p. 196, 225, 228, 235-8
- Van Bork en Verkruijsse 1985 (DBNL)
- Lauwerkrans 1997, p. 1 2, 4, 7, 10, 13, 29, 35, 38, 41, 46, 47, 49, 60, 63, 67, 72-77, 79, 84, 86, 93, 94, 540, 572, 575, 584, 608, 611, 618-631, 653, 660, 667, 696, 751, 763, 768, 807, 819. - see URL for Chapter in Women's Writing from the Low Countries.
- Chapter in: Stouten, Hanna, "Elisabeth-Wolff-Bekker et Agatha Deken". In: Stouten, Hanna, Jaap Goedegebuure et Frits van Oostrom (éds.), Histoire de la littérature néerlandaise. Paris, Fayard, 1999, pp.361-369.
- Van Bunge e.a., Dictionary of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch philosophers, 2003
- van den Berg/Couttenier 2009, 114-5, 117, 546
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 658-9.
- The Pantheon of Museum of Dutch literary history, as one of the xx women out of the xx writers born before 1900 (cf. born after 1900: xx women, xx men) (svdjan11)
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers, 2011
OTHER:
- Buijnsters
- Zengers 2003
- Marita Mathijsen 2004; 13, 131, 231
- Heinemeyer A-B 180-185
- Evert M. Wiskerke, De waardering voor de zeventiende-eeuwse literatuur tussen 1780 en 1813. Hilversum, 1995 mentions her on pp. 105,256,297. [AvB, febr 2008]
Van Bunge e.a. 1089-90:
"[..] turned into a prolific author not afraid to mock the Reformed orthodoxy"
"witty denouncements of the intolerance of orthodox Calvinists [..]"
svd sep09
Eloped for a day with a Matthijs Gargon when she was 17 years old. (DVN)
Married to Adriaan Wolff in 1759, in Midden-Beemster. (DVN)
Once a widow, Elisabeth lives together with Agatha Deken. JWS 10/05
Collaborating together Wolff-Deken.
Novelist, translator from French and translator from English; women's journalist (imit. Pomona)
Published in periodical press:
- Almanak voor vrouwen door vrouwen, 1800; (Zengers 2003, also Buijnsters 1979)
- De Gryzaard, spectatoriaale vertoogen, 1767-1769 (under pseudonym Silviana)
- De Honig-Bije, 1770
- Boekzaal, 1777
- Almanak van vernuft en smaak, 11805
(Buijnsters 1979)(SP)
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.33
HOoms (links + relation)