Casanova, Sofía (1861 - 1958)

Short name Casanova, Sofía
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First name Sofía Guadalupe
Birth name Pérez Casanova
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Alternative name Sofía Perez Eguia y Casanova , Zofia Casanowa-Lutosławska
Date of birth 1861
Date of death 1958
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Sex Female
Place of birth A Coruña
Place of death Poznań
Lived in Poland , Spain
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Frederic Ballell i Maymí, portrait of Sofia Casanova, 1911
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Place(s) of Residence Poland , Spain
Receptions of Casanova, Sofía, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Frederic Ballell i Maymí, portrait of Sofia Casanova, 1911 None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Spain's Women Intellectuals (cf. hyperlink)
KJH Feb '10. married Polish philosopher Wincenty Lutoslawski in 1887 and thereafter lived principally in Poland, with shorter periods in England (London), Russia (Kazan), Estonia (Tallinn) and Spain (Madrid, A Coruna). Renowned as a poet from the 1870s; part of Madrid circle around Echegaray and Campoamor. Between 1870s and 1914 establishes herself as a poet, novelist and essayist, and continued publishing in Spain from her base in Poland (Krakow, Warsaw). In 1915, appointed East European correspondent of the Spanish daily newspaper "ABC" (Madrid), and publishes over 800 columns before retirement in 1936. Published two volumes of essays as eyewitness to Russian Revolution in St Petersburg in 1917/18, and a further volume as eyewitness to German invasion of Warsaw in 1939. Author of travel writing Translator from Russian, translator from French HP Mar2014 HERA