Hélène Swarth

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Hélène Swarth
Book cover in Art Nouveau style for the first Diepe Wateren edition from 1897 by Ludwig Willem Reymert Wenckebach .

Hélène Swarth , actually Stephanie Hélène Swarth (born October 25, 1859 in Amsterdam , † June 20, 1941 in Velp , Gelderland Province ) was a Dutch writer.

Life

Swarth was the daughter of the businessman Eduard Swarth and his wife Maria Jacoba Heijblom. She was born in Amsterdam and spent her childhood and youth in Brussels .

In 1894 she married her colleague, the Dutch writer Frits Lapidoth (1861–1932) in Mechelen ; the marriage lasted until 1910.

By his own admission, the French writer Alphonse de Lamartine was one of her role models. On the advice and support of the writer Pol de Mont , Swarth made a successful debut.

At the age of 82, Hélène Swarth died on June 20, 1941 in Velp, where she also found her final resting place.

Honors

In her honor, the municipalities of Hillegom and Oegstgeest (province of Zuid-Holland ) and Uithoorn (province of Noord-Holland ), as well as the cities of Groningen and s'Hertogenbosch, named streets after Hélène Swarth.

Works (selection)

  • Sipke van der Land (ed.): De mooiste poems . Kok, Kampen 1991, ISBN 90-242-4825-6 .
  • Sonnets ( From Foreign Gardens ; Vol. 34). Duncker, Weimar 1914. From the Dutch by Otto Hauser .
  • Songs and elegies (From foreign gardens; Vol. 53). Duncker, Weimar 1917. From the Dutch by Otto Hauser.

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SURNAME Swarth, Hélène
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swarth, Stephanie Hélène; Lapidoth-Swarth, Hélène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1941
Place of death Velp , Gelderland Province