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Sylva, Carmen (pseudonym) (1843 - 1916)

Short name Sylva, Carmen (pseudonym)
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/3488161575637004730006/
First name Elisabeth
Birth name of Wied
Married name
Alternative name Dito and Idem — Elisabeth of Wied — Elisabeth Queen of Romania
Date of birth 1843
Date of death 1916
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Neuwied
Place of death Bucharest
Lived in Romania
Place of residence notes
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Sylva, Carmen (pseudonym) was ...
employee of and friend Kremnitz, Mite
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Place(s) of Residence Romania
Author of
receptions circulations
*Flores y perlas (1880) 1 0
Hammerstein (1880) 1 0
Sappho (1880) 1 0
Leidens Erdengang, ein Märchenkreis (1882) 2 0
Sturme (1882~) 1 0
Ein Gebet (1882) 4 0
Jehovah (1882) 5 1
Povestile Pelesului (1882) 7 0
Les pensées d'une reine (1882) 9 1
*Kongerige (1883~) 1 0
Handzeichnungen (1884) 4 0
Meine Ruh' (1884) 2 0
Le Pic aux regrets, conte roumain (1884) 0 0
Der brennende Fels (1885) 0 0
Durch die Jahrhunderte (1885) 1 0
Astra (1886) 6 0
*unknown story (1886) 1 0
Es klopft (1887) 2 1
Cuvinte sufleteşti (1888) 0 0
Lieder aus dem Dimbovitzathal / aus dem Volksmunde gesammelt von Helene Vacaresco (1889)
is also a reception: is translation of *The Bard of the Dimbovitza
0 0
Din cugetările unei Regine (1889) 1 0
Frauenmuth (1890) 1 0
*Préface (1890)
is also a reception: is preface of Dans ma nuit
0 0
*Wraak, Zoe's roman, Pablo Domenech, Horia (1890~) 1 0
The bard of the Dimbovitza : Roumanian folk-songs / collected from the peasants by Hélène Vacaresco (1891)
is also a reception: is translation of *The Bard of the Dimbovitza
0 0
Virful cu dor (1895) 1 0
*Poeziile unei Regine (1897) 0 0
Geflüsterte Worte (1903~) 0 1
Povestile unei Regine (1906) 1 0
Mein Penatenwinkel (1908) 1 0
A l'épreuve. Poème dramatique pour baryton et piano (1910) 0 0
La Petite fée des contes et légendes, conte roumain (1910~) 0 0
Poezii (1914) 1 0

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Circulations of Sylva, Carmen (pseudonym), the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Sylva, Carmen (pseudonym), the person

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

Title Author Date Type
Journal Frères Goncourt 1880 comments on person
Carmen Sylva : ein Lebensbild der Dichterin Kremnitz, Mite 1882 is biography of
Tagesneuigkeiten Daily News Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1882 -
*Lemma in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1883 comments on person
Tagesneuigkeiten Daily News Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1886 -
Carmen Sylva, haar leven en hare werken Fritz Smit Kleine 1886 is biography of
Kunst und Literatur Art and Literature Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1886 comments on person
Aus Carmen Sylvas Leben Stackelberg, N. de (baronne) 1886 is biography of
Frauen — über Frauen Women - About Women Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1887 quotes person
*Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1887 comments on person
Tagesneuigkeiten Daily News Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1887 -
Kunst und Literatur Art and Literature Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 comments on person
Visoki gostje v Postojni Eminent Guests in Postojna Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1897 quotes person
Književnost in Umetnost Literature and Art [unknown author, female, various] 1897 -
Carmen Sylva Carmen Sylva Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1898 comments on person
Spominski listi o cesarici Elizabeti Diaries about Empress Elisabeth Pajk, Pavlina 1899 -
Carmen Sylva Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1899 comments on person
A rainha da Romania, Carmen Sylva Maria Cláudia de Campos, 1901 is biography of
Nekoliko aforizmov žen Some Aphorisms Written by Women Josip Ferfolja 1902 quotes person
Carmen Sylva. Eine Biographie Kremnitz, Mite 1903 is biography of
Poezije Poems Poljanec, Ljudmila 1906 is dedicated to
Lucca, Benedetto de, Carmen Sylva [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1907 comments on person
Nobelova nagrada za leto 1908 The 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1908 -
Razne stvari Various Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1914 -
Kraljica vdova Elizabeta Queen Widow Elisabeth Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1916 is obituary of
Carmen Sylva Carmen Sylva Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1916 is obituary of
Două portrete: Ferdinand al României, Anatole France: cu un portret inedit de Jean Al. Steriade Two Portraits: Ferdinand, King of Romania and Anatole France Bibescu, Marthe 1930 is biography of
Unknown creator, portrait of Carmen Sylva, circa 1870, Fürstlich Wiedisches Archiv. None is portrait of

MENTIONED IN:
- Berger, Allemagne (portret)

Cf.
- Bengescu, G. Carmen Sylva intime: La Famille. L’Enfance. L’Èducation. Les Fiançailles. Le Mariage. La Maternité. L’Oeuvre littéraire et l’Oeuvre philanthropique. Paris: Société d’Édition et de Publications Librairie Félix Juven, 1905
- Bibescu, George. 1889, Exposition universelle. La Roumanie avan – pendant – après. Paris: Imprimerie Typographique J. Kugelmann, 1890.
- Dumitrescu, Aurel, lt.-colonel; Eremiescu, Grigore, publicist. Închinare M. S. Regelui Carol II. Bucureşti: Imprimeria de Artă Richard Sergies, 1930.
- Lindenberg, Paul. Regele Carol I al României; 70 de ani de viaţă a unui Viteaz, 7/20 Aprilie 1839 – 7/20 Aprilie 1909. Leipzig: Tipografia Metzger & Witiig, 1910.
- Loti, Pierre. Une exilée. Lyon: Société des Amis des Livres, MDCCCXCIII (1893).

Her work was also translated by Titia van der Tuuk (BWSA)

Daughter died when she was four.
Royal family by marriage (Queen of Romania (1881-1914)
Died in Bucharest.

Collaboration/connections with male authors :
- Romanian poet Vasile Alecsandri, supporter of Mihai Eminescu, considered the national poet of Romania
- composer Gabriel Fauré (correspondence in BnF)

In 1888 she received the Prix Botta, a prize awarded by the Académie française, for her volume of prose aphorisms Les Pensees d'une reine (Paris, 1882), [> reception! svd]

Collaborating together Sylva-Kremnitz as Ditto and Idem

NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992

KLK 1904

HOoms (link)