Sophie de Ségur

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Sophie de Ségur

The Comtesse Sophie de Ségur (Sophie Countess of Ségur) (born August 1, 1799 in St. Petersburg , † February 9, 1874 in Paris ), born Sofia Fyodorovna Rostoptschina ( Russian Софья Фёдоровна Ростопчина ), was a French writer and daughter of the Russian General and Minister Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin .

Life

Nouettes Castle

Sophie de Ségur moved with her family from Russia to France in 1817. In 1819 she married the Comte Eugène de Ségur. In 1822 the Comte bought the Nouettes Castle in Aube ( Lower Normandy ) and Sophie de Ségur lived there with her children. In 1856 she began to publish novels. In 1872 she sold Nouettes and moved to Paris.

As a children's author, the Mémoires d'un âne ("Memories of a Donkey") were her most successful book. Her fairy tales ( Nouveaux Contes de fées ) are also famous . Her early work Les Malheurs de Sophie is still popular today. Her works La Fortune de Gaspard and Jean qui grogne et Jean qui rit are particularly interesting for adults .

Works

François le bossu  : do you want to kiss me?

Her works were published by Louis Hachette , who had just started opening newspaper kiosks and bookstores in train stations.

Works in German translation

  • Neue Feenmärchen (Nouveaux Contes de fées), Leipzig: Avox Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-936979-07-7 (with 21 illustrations by Virginia Frances Sterrett ). Translated and edited by Ulrich Taschow. Contains Blonde and the Enchanted Lilac Forest , Little Henri and the Plant of Life , Princess Rosette and Prince Charming , The Evil Little Mouse , Ourson the Bear Child .
  • Neue Feenmärchen (E-Book), Leipzig: Avox Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-936979-08-4 .
  • Adventure of the Donkey Cadichon (Mémoires d'un âne), Leipzig: Avox Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-936979-11-4 (with 52 illustrations by Horace Castelli). Translated and edited by Ulrich Taschow.
  • Sophie and other disasters. Tragic-comic stories for bright children and parents (Les Malheurs de Sophie par la Comtesse de Sophie Ségur, Paris 1858), Leipzig: Avox Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-936979-13-8 (with 52 illustrations by Horace Castelli). Translated and edited by Ulrich Taschow.
  • The chicken / les poulets . Bilingual edition: German / French. Translated from the French by Elena Moreno Sobrino. (From the novel Pauvre Blaise ), Saarbrücken: Calambac Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-943117-72-1 .
  • The revenge of an elephant / Vengeance d'un éléphant . Bilingual edition: German / French. Translated from the French by Elena Moreno Sobrino. (From the novel Pauvre Blaise ), Saarbrücken: Calambac Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-943117-75-2 .
  • The robin / Le rouge-gorge . Bilingual edition: German / French. Translated from the French by Elena Moreno Sobrino. (From the novel Les petites filles modèles ), Saarbrücken, Calambac Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-943117-74-5 .
  • The rabid dog / Le chien enragé . Bilingual edition: German / French. Translated from the French by Elena Moreno Sobrino. (From the novel Les petites filles modèles ), Saarbrücken, Calambac Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-943117-73-8 .

Work edition

  • Oeuvre Romanesque de la Comtesse de Ségur, née Rostopchine, complete in 20 volumes. Avec illustrations. Genève, Édito Service - Jean-Jacques Pauvert, undated Reproduction de l'édition de la Bibliothèque rose illustrée du XIXe siècle.

Content:

  • L'Auberge de l'ange gardien,
  • La fortune de Gaspard,
  • Après la pluie le beau temps,
  • Diloy le chemineau,
  • Comédies et proverbes,
  • Le général Dourakine,
  • Les bons enfants,
  • Quel amour d'enfant,
  • Les deux nigauds,
  • Les malheurs de Sophie,
  • Nouveaux contes de fées,
  • Un bon petit diable,
  • Les petites filles modèles,
  • François le Bossu,
  • La soeur de Gribouille,
  • Mémoires d'un âne,
  • Jean qui grogne et Jean qui rit,
  • Pauvre Blaise,
  • Les vacances,
  • Le Mauvais génie.

Web links

Commons : Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de Ségur  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 590
  2. ^ Yves Lecouturier: Célèbres de Normandie . Orep Editions, 2007, ISBN 978-2-915762-13-6 , pp. 25 . (French)
  3. ↑ La Comtesse de Ségur, 215 ans et (presque) pas une ride lefigaro.fr , August 1, 2014, accessed on June 4, 2020
  4. ↑ Publications Sophie de Ségur catalogue.bnf.fr , accessed on June 4, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Ségur, Sophie de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ségur, Comtesse Sophie de (full name); Rostoptschin, Sofia Fyodorovna (maiden name); Ростопчин, Софья Фёдоровна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer of Russian origin
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1874
Place of death Paris