Augustine-Malvina_Blanchecotte

Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte

Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte

French poet

Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte or Malvina Blanchecotte (1830–1897) was a French poet and writer.

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Blanchecotte was born on 30 November 1830 in Paris, France.[1][2] She earned a living as a seamstress and a teacher.[1][3] She wrote poetry and her first work Rêves et Réalités was published in 1855. Subsequent volumes included Nouvelles poésies in 1861, Impressions d’une femme : pensées, sentiments, portraits in 1868, Les militantes, poésies in 1871, Tablettes d’une femme pendant la Commune in 1872, and Le long de la vie, nouvelles impressions d’une femme in 1875.[3]

In 1888 her poem Les larmes was set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[4]

Blanchecotte died on 21 February 1897 in Paris.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Blanchecotte, Augustine-Malvina (1830–1895)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte (1830-1897)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Malvina Blanchecotte (1830-1897) – biographie". 19th-Century French Women Poets. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte - Tchaikovsky Research". Tchaikovsky Research. Retrieved 10 September 2020.


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