Aagje Deken

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Elizabeth Wolff (above) and Agatha Deken (by A. Cardon , 1784).

Aagje Deken , actually Agatha Deken , (born December 10, 1741 in Amstelveen , † November 14, 1804 in The Hague ) was a Dutch poet .

Life

Aagje Deken was the child of impoverished country folk and was an orphan when she was three . She was admitted to the orphanage of the Rhynsburger Kollegianten in Amsterdam and brought up there. A few poetic attempts by Denen prompted the Amsterdam literary society Diligentiae omnia to provide for further training. Deken came as a partner to the poet Maria Bosch , who became her friend. After Maria Bosch's death in 1773 , Deken initially had no job. In 1777 she was accepted as a partner by Betje Wolff (née Elizabeth Bekker), widow of the Reformed preacher Adrian Wolff and herself a well-known writer. Together with Betje Wolff, she wrote a number of novels . As a poet, Aagje Deken excelled particularly in religious song. The Dutch feminist Johanna Naber wrote a biography about A. Deken.

Works

  • Stichtelyke poems , The Hague 1775
  • Economic liedjes , The Hague 1782 (3 volumes)
  • De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart , The Hague 1782.
    • Sarah Burgerhard: a Dutch story from bourgeois life. Anonymous translation. Leipzig 1789.
    • Sara Reinert. A story in letters dedicated to the fair sex. German by Johann Gottwerth Müller . Berlin 1796.
    • Sara Burgerhart. German by Nadine Erler . Barnstorf 2015.
  • Historie van mejuffrouw Cornelia Wildschut of de gevolgen der opvoeding , The Hague (6 volumes) 1793–1796.
  • Liederen voor den boerenstand , Leiden 1804
  • Liederen voor kinderen , Leiden 1804

Secondary literature