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Does, Maria Petronella Cornelia van der (1834 - 1911)

Short name Does, Maria Petronella Cornelia van der
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/288409394
First name Maria Petronella Cornelia
Birth name Does
Married name van der Does
Alternative name Constantijn — Maria Petronella Cornelia Scheltema
Date of birth 1834
Date of death 1911
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Sex Female
Place of birth Semarang
Place of death Den Bosch
Lived in Groningen , Gendringen (Gelderland) , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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Place(s) of Residence Groningen , Gendringen (Gelderland) , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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*Review of Busken Huet, Lidewyde (1872) 0 0
Hilda (1872) 6 0
Victor d'Avlyn (1873) 1 0
Review of E. van Calcar, Kinderen der Eeuw (1874)
is also a reception: comments on work Kinderen der eeuw
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Frederic Marrens (1879) 3 0

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Circulations of Does, Maria Petronella Cornelia van der, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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*Letter commenting Hilda Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida 1871 -
*Letter (about Van der Does) to Jolles-Singels Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida 1879 comments on person
*Lemma in Biografisch woordenboek Branden, Frans Josef Peter van den , J. G. Frederiks 1888 comments on person
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 -

Basse I 116 Ter Laan 1941 Cf. Erica van Boven, ‘Het pseudoniem als strategie. Pseudoniemen van vrouwelijke auteurs 1850-1900’. In: Nederlandse letterkunde, 1998 (4), p. 309-326. See also Ten Brink, list of pseudonyms

She uses the pseudonym Constantijn because of the following reason: "moeder geworden van een dood kind, heeft haar tot schrijven gebragt en wel onder den naam dien zij aan haar zoontje had willen geven...' [letter written by Bosboom Toussaint to Jolles-Singels of 17th febr. 1879]"

Married (1863) to Petrus Cornelis van der Does (1826-1906)
Gave birth to a stillborn son (1865). (DVN)
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Started writing after giving birth to a stillborn, using the name (Constantijn) she had meant to give to her son as a pseudonym.

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