Sofia Casanova (1861 - 1958)

Short name Sofia 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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Place of birth Spain
Place of death Poznań (POL)
Lived in Poland , Spain
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Related to Filomena Dato Muruais , Dagny Juel Przybyszewska , Carmen de Burgos Seguí , Izabela Lutosławska-Wolikowska , Blanca de los Ríos Nostench de Lampérez
Bibliography MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Spain's Women Intellectuals (cf. hyperlink)
Provisional Notes KJH Feb '10. Born A Coruna (Galicia, Spain) in 1861, she married the 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 continues publishing in Spain from her base in Poland (Krakow, Warsaw). In 1915, she is appointed East European correspondent of the Spanish daily newspaper "ABC" (Madrid), and publishes over 800 columns before retirement in 1936. Publishes 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
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Place(s) of Residence Poland , Spain
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