Susanna moodie
Susanna Moodie , nee Susanna Strickland (born December 6, 1803 in Bungay , Suffolk , † April 8, 1885 in Toronto ) was a Canadian writer and poet of British origin.
Susanna Moodie was the youngest daughter of Thomas Strickland and Elizabeth Homer and a sister of the author Catharine Parr Traill .
In England she published children's books and poems.
On April 4, 1831, she married John Moodie and together they emigrated to Canada in 1832.
In her autobiographical trilogy Roughing it in the bush. Or, Life in Canada (2 volumes, 1852), Life in the clearing versus the bush (1853) and Flora Lyndsay. Or, Passages in an eventful life (1854), she described her experiences as an immigrant and the tough life of a farmer.
Works (selection)
- Mark Hurdlestone. Or, the two brothers (1853)
- Mark Hurdlestone, the gold-worshiper (1853)
- Geoffrey Moncton. Or, The faithless guardian (1855)
- The world before them (1868)
Web links
- Literature by and about Susanna Moodie in the catalog of the German National Library , only in English. There are no German translations.
- Susanna moodie . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
- Texts by Susanna Moodie in Project Gutenberg
literature
- Ella Benndorf: Logging an escape from the wildress. A comparison to the pioneer life of Susanna Moodie, in Deutsch-Kanadisches Jahrbuch, 17, ed. Lothar Zimmermann, Hartmut Froeschle , Myka Burke. Self-published by the Historical Society of Mecklenburg, Upper Canada , Toronto 2002 ISSN 0316-8603
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| SURNAME | Moodie, Susanna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strickland, Susanna (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Bungay (Suffolk) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1885 |
| Place of death | Toronto |