| Short name |
Sophia Margaretha Cornelia Junius |
| VIAF |
|
| First name |
Sophia Margaretha Cornelia |
| Maiden name |
|
| Married name |
|
| Alternative name |
Johanna van Woude
,
Bella
,
Sophia van Wermeskerken
|
| Date of birth |
1853 |
| Date of death |
1904 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Netherlands |
| Place of death |
Netherlands |
| Lived in |
Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD)
,
Netherlands
|
| Place of residence notes |
|
| Related to |
Elise van Calcar
,
Francisca Junius - Ijzerman
|
| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN:
- Basse I 119, 121
- Ter Laan 1941 see link DBNL
- van den Berg/Couttenier 2009, 503
See also Ten Brink, list of pseudonyms |
| Provisional Notes |
Born in Tiel (23-11-1853), died in Utrecht (26-11-1904). Married to Johannes van Wermeskerken (1847-1918) in 1880. Two sons.
Accused of an attempt to poison her husband, followed by divorce in 1901. Lost custody of her children. Admitted to the Geneeskundig Gesticht voor Krankzinnigen (Insane Asylum) in Utrecht in 1902, with what is now suspected to have been dementia paralytica (neurosyphilis) as a result of an untreated syphilis infection. She continued to write. (see DVN)
Utrechtse literaire canon 96 (2008)
Pseudonym Bella used until 1879.
Member of Leesmuseum voor Vrouwen in Amsterdam (Source: Els Prinse)
Elected as one of the first 13 female members of the Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde in 1893. (DVN)
From 1887 editor of De Hollandsche Lelie, from 1889 head editor.
Collaborator Hollandsche Lelie
According to “Ontluikende Lelies” IIAV 1995
Contributed to:
- Nederland
Material in the Letterkundig Museum The Hague (GR0714).
UtrechtUnesco |