Anna Louise Gertrude Tussen (September 16, 1812 Alkmaar , - April 13, 1886, The Hague ) is a Dutch writer, novelist, wife of the artist Johannes Bosbom (1812-1886).
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Biography
Anna Louise Gertrude Toussin was the daughter of a chemical scientist who had a Huguenot origin.
She received a good education and from an early age, including due to poor health and a closed lifestyle, became addicted to reading and studying historical works. She published her first novel in 1837. In 1851, she married artist Johannes Bosbom .
The most famous were her historical novels: “Het huis Lauernesse” (1841); “Leycester en Nederland”, “De vrouwen van het Leycester'sche Tijdperk” and “Gideon Florensz” (1851-54), revealing the author’s detailed acquaintance with the era depicted and the ability to convey its historical flavor; these are purely folk works both in plot, and in language, and in general spirit. Later, after 1870, Toussin stopped writing historical novels and wrote several novels from her modern life, for example, “Majoor Frans” (1875), which did not have the same success as her historical works.
A collection of her novels was published in Arnheim in 1880-1882.
Anna Louise Gertrude Toussin died on April 13, 1886 in the city of The Hague.
On the centenary of the writer’s birth in her hometown, a monument was erected to her (see photo).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Anna Louisa Geertruida Toussaint - 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.
Literature
- Bosboom, Anna // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Tussen, Anna-Louise-Gertrude // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- This article (section) contains text taken (translated) from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , which went into the public domain .