Louisa Siefert
Louisa Siefert (born April 1, 1845 in Lyon , † October 21, 1877 in Pau , Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques ) was a French poet.
She came from an old Protestant family, her father was German (Prussian) and her mother Swiss (Canton Thurgau). The singer and composer Renaud is one of her descendants.
At the age of 1863 Siefert met the writer Charles Asselineau ; a friend of Charles Baudelaire . Asselineau brought Siefert closer to modern literature and also supported her in her first literary attempts. With his help she was able to debut very successfully with her anthology Rayons perdus in 1868 .
Over time, Siefert also made the acquaintance of writers such as Victor Hugo , Jules Michelet and Edgar Quinet . Théodore de Banville brought her into the circle of the Parnassians and critics such as Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve also made a great effort to promote Siefert's literary work. Adolphe Lemerre then invited her to take part in the later famous anthology Le Parnasse contemporain .
When Asselineau died in 1874, he appointed Siefert to be his literary administrator. She was able to fulfill this task until she died of consumption in Pau on October 21, 1877 .
Pictorial representations
- Joseph Guichard : Louisa Siefert aux ormes . 1868 ( Musée des Beaux-Arts , Lyon )
- Étiènne Pagny : Louisa Siefert (bust made of clay)
Works (selection)
- Comédies romanesques . Lemerre, Paris 1872.
- Souvenirs rassembles . Fischbacher, Paris 1881 (published posthumously by her mother)
- Meline . Lemerre, Paris 1876
- Rayons perdus . 2nd edition Lemerre, Paris 1869 (preface by Charles Asselineau)
- Les saintes colères . Lemerre, Paris 1871
- Les stoïques . Lemerre, Paris 1870.
literature
- Pierre Brunel: Rimbaud et Louisa Siefert . In: Massimo Colesanti (Ed.): Studi in onore di Mario Matucci . Pacini, Pisa 1993, pp. 202-210
- Jean Butin: Louisa Siefert . In: Ders .: Ces lyonnaises qui ont marqué leur temps. Passionées, fascinantes, légendaires . Édition lyonnaise art & histoire, Lyon 2004, ISBN 2-84147-092-X
- Wendy Greenberg: Louisa Siefert. Imitation and romantic melancholy . In: Diess .: Uncanonical women. Feminine voice in French poetry (1830-1871) . Rodopi, Amsterdam 1999, ISBN 90-420-0532-7 , pp. 69-103
- Okabe Kyoko: Une poétesse oubliée, Louisa Siefert . In: Gakushuin University Studies in humanities , Vol. 15 (2006), pp. 175–193.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siefert, Louisa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1877 |
| Place of death | Pau , Pyrénées-Atlantiques department |