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Alcott, Louisa May (1832 - 1888)

Short name Alcott, Louisa May
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First name Louisa May
Birth name Alcott
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Alternative name A.M. Barnard
Date of birth 1832
Date of death 1888
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Sex Female
Place of birth Germantown (Pennsylvania)
Place of death Boston (Massachusetts)
Lived in United States
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Alcott, Louisa May was ...
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Place(s) of Residence United States
Circulations of Alcott, Louisa May, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Alcott, Louisa May, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Helsingfors Dagblad Jullitteratur för barn och ungdom Christmas literature for children and young people Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1876 comments on person
*article in Tijdspiegel Marie Henriëtte Koorders - Boeke 1876 comments on person
*Art. in de Kunstbode Johannes van Vloten 1876 comments on person
*article in Leeskabinet Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1878 comments on person
*Art. on Louise Alcott Marie Henriëtte Koorders - Boeke 1878 comments on person
Biographie. Louisa May Alcott Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1882 comments on person
I anda förhållanden Under other Circumstances Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1885 -
I anda förhållanden Under other Circumstances Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1885 -
Louisa Alcott och Emerson Alcott and Emerson Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 quotes person
Literatur och konst Literature and art Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 -
Hufvudstadsbladet no72A Litteratur och konst Literature and art Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 comments on person
*Diary Muysken, Gertrude 1889 comments on person
Öfversikt Overview Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1890 comments on person
*Art. in De Portefeuille Helen Gray Cone 1890 comments on person
Nya trollsländan: Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott Gripenberg, Alexandra 1892 is biography of
Ännu litet om Lovisa Alcott Still something more about Alcott Gripenberg, Alexandra 1892 is biography of
Literaturbref Letter about literature Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1893 comments on person
Literaturbref Letter about literature Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1893 comments on person
Nykyajan englanninkieliset kaunokirjailijat Modern English fiction writers Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1896 comments on person
*Art. in De Hollandsche Revue Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1897 comments on person
*Article in: Mannen en Vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen (Significant men and women of our times) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1897 is obituary of
*Lemma in Mannen en Vrouwen van Beteekenis in onze Dagen Kuenen, Wilhelmina 1897 comments on person
Kirjallisuutta ja taidetta Literature and art Unknown translator (to be identified) 1917 -
Pakinaa tyttökirjoista Chat about girls' books Tuulio, Tyyni 1922 -
George Kendall Warren, portrait of Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870 None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
- Beauvoir, Deuxième sexe, 1949 (ed.Folio 1976, p. 99, 118)
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers 2011

Cf.
- Edna H. Cheney, Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals. 1889.

Father Amos Bronson was a noted New England philosopher and part of a circle which included the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her mother Abigail May was a noted advocate of women's rights and the abolition of slavery. She had three sisters who were the models for 'Little Women', Louisa Alcott portrayed herself as Jo.

KLK 1904