Hermiona Asachi Explained

Hermiona Asachi
Birth Date:16 December 1821
Birth Place:Iași, Moldavia
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:Romanian
French
Occupation:author, translation, writer

Hermiona Asachi (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan aˈsaki/, surname also spelled Asaki; December 16, 1821  - December 9, 1900), also known as Hermione Asachi, was a Romanian writer and translator.

Life

Hermiona was born Glicheria Melirato,[1] the daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Teyber.[2] She was later adopted by Gheorghe Asachi, her mother's second husband.

Hermiona translated texts by Silvio Pellico and Benjamin Franklin into Romanian for her father's publication Albina Românească. In 1845, she moved to France, where she corresponded with various French intellectuals such as Victor Hugo, Jules Michelet and Louis Blanc.

She was first married to . In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet,[3] She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication,[4] subsequently publishing under the name Hermiona Quinet.

Asachi died in Paris at the age of 78.[5]

Works

Literary translations

Edgar Quinet

Works published from Edgar Quinet's notes, manuscripts, and notebooks. Many were selected, annotated, prefaced, and arranged by Hermione.

Other works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Asachi-Quinet, Hermiona . 366 . 1967.
  2. Book: Mariana Simionescu . . . Opere . 3 . . London . 332 . 1982.
  3. Book: van Dijk, Suzan . George Sand lue à l'étranger: recherches nouvelles 3 . 70 . 1995 . 9051838611 . fr.
  4. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology . 2245 . 1999 . 084932677X.
  5. Book: Țarălungă, Ecaterina . Enciclopedia identității românești. Personalități . 38 . ro.
  6. Encyclopedia: David Patrick . David Patrick (writer) . . Quinet, Edgar . . . 772 . 1898.