Marie-Aimée Steck
Marie-Aimée Steck (born January 30, 1776 in Versailles as Marie-Aimée Guichelin , † August 12, 1821 in Belp ) was a French-Swiss writer .
Life
Marie-Aimée Steck was born as the daughter of a Versailles carpenter and laundress. She received her training in a Paris convent school. In 1791 she wrote her first ode, La nuit . She served as an assistant to several scientists.
She made the acquaintance of Johann Rudolf Steck in the Parisian household of the trader Johann Caspar Schweizer . In 1797 she married him in the chapel of the Swedish embassy in Paris. From 1798 she lived with Steck in Aarau , after his recall as Helvetian Secretary General on his estate in Moosseedorf . After the early death of her husband in 1805, she took care of her four children alone. She died in 1821 in the parsonage in Belp, where her son-in-law Bernhard Wyss was pastor.
Marie-Aimée Steck translated various texts by Johannes von Müller into French.
Fonts (selection)
- Correspondance adressée à Mme Steck, née Aimée Guichelin, par la famille Coquebert de Montbret 1797–1821 , transcription et présentation de Bernard et Pauline Poujeaux d'après les manuscrits conservés à la Bibliothèque de la Bourgeoisie de Berne, Paris 2004–2005. (3 vols.)
- Lettres de Jean de Muller à ses amis de Bonstetten et Gleim, précédées de la vie et du testament de l'auteur , Zurich 1810.
literature
- Eugène Michaud: Mme Steck et ses poésies. 1776-1821. La Chaux-de-Fonds 1885.
- Correspondance adressée à Mme Steck, née Aimée Guichelin, par la famille Coquebert de Montbret 1797–1821 / transcription et présentation de Bernard et Pauline Poujeaux d'après les manuscrits conservés à la Bibliothèque de la Bourgeoisie de Berne [...]. Paris 2004-2005.
- Catriona Seth: Les résaux franco-helvétiques de Mme Steck-Guichelin. In: Les écrivains suisses alémaniques et la culture francophone au XVIIIe siècle. Actes du colloque de Berne, November 24-26, 2004. Geneva 2008, pp. 371-387.
- R. Steck: Marie Aimée Steck b. Guichelin. 1776-1821. doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-32410
Web links
- Scattered stocks in the Bern Burger Library
- Publications by and about Marie-Aimée Steck in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Marie-Aimée Steck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marie – Aimée Steck on bernergeschlecht.ch
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steck, Marie-Aimée |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guichelin, Marie-Aimée (maiden name); Muller, Jean (alias) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Versailles |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1821 |
| Place of death | Belp |