Wolff, Betje (24-07-1738 - 05-11-1804)

Short name Wolff, Betje
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First name Elisabeth
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Married name Wolff
Alternative name Elisabeth Bekker , Elisabeth Wolff - Bekker , Silviana , E. en G. Wysneus , Paulus Dortsma Secundus
Date of birth 24-07-1738
Date of death 05-11-1804
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Place of birth Vlissingen (Zeeland, NLD)
Place of death Den Haag (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
Lived in Trévoux (FRA) , Middenbeemster (Noord-Holland, NLD) , Beverwijk (Noord-Holland, NLD) , De Rijp (Noord-Holland) , Netherlands , Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, NLD)
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Related to Post, Elisabeth Maria , Anna Roelfzema - van der Horst , Catharina Maria Dóll-Egges , Merken, Lucretia Wilhelmina van , Petronella Johanna de Timmerman , Maria Louiza Griethuizen - Carelius , Agatha Deken
Bibliography 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]
Provisional Notes 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)
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Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, School education
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Marital status Married (1759-1777)
Spouse Wolff, Adriaan
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Place(s) of Residence Trévoux (FRA) , Middenbeemster (Noord-Holland, NLD) , Beverwijk (Noord-Holland, NLD) , De Rijp (Noord-Holland) , Netherlands , Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, NLD)
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