Sophie Cottin
Sophie Cottin (born Sophie Ristaud , sometimes also Dinkel Risteau ; * March 1770 in Tonneins , Lot-et-Garonne , † August 25, 1807 in Paris ) was a French writer whose novels were very popular in the 19th century and who were written in several languages have been translated.
Life
When she was not yet twenty she married her first husband, the banker Jean-Paul-Marie Cottin. She wrote several romantic and historical novels. After the death of her husband, she devoted herself entirely to writing and lived with a cousin and their three children in Champlan Seine-et-Oise .
Works
- Claire d'Albe
- Mathilde or Mémoires tirés de l'histoire des croisades
- Malvina
- Amélie Mansfield
- Elisabeth ou les Exiles de Sibérie
in German
-
Elisabeth or The Exiles to Siberia / After Sophie Cottin; edited by the author of the Heliodora, that is Wilhelm Adolf Lindau - Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1808. Gaetano Donizetti's opera Otto mesi in due ore
is based on this work .
Web links
Commons : Sophie Cottin - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Sophie Cottin - Sources and full texts (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cottin, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ristaud, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1770 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tonneins |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1807 |
| Place of death | Paris |