Mary (Mary) Howit (née Botam ) ( English Mary Howitt ; March 12, 1799 , Coleford, Gloucestershire - January 30, 1888 , Rome ) is an English poetess , writer and translator .
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The wife of the English writer and historian William Howit (1792-1879).
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Biography
Born in a family of a businessman. Received a home education, then school. From an early age showed interest in literature, wrote poetry.
In 1821 she married William Howit , with whom she was engaged in literary work. Together with her husband, she published poems: The forest ministrel; The desolation of Eyam , Marien's Pilgrimage and other works. In 1827, their first joint collection of poems appeared, which received positive responses in the press.
During this period, M. Howith wrote Sketches of Natural History - one of the first books popularizing science in England.
From 1840 to 1843 the family lived in Germany. After the death of her husband, M. Howit lived in the famous resort in Tyrol, in Meran, Rome.
M. Howit is considered one of the most elegant, versatile and prolific writers of the early XIX century. She is the author of a number of poems and short stories, and also published several children's books. The most famous poem by M. Howith is “The Spider and The Fly” (“The Spider and the Fly”). Another famous piece is The Wood-Mouse.
She studied the Scandinavian languages , including Danish and Swedish , and devoted herself to translations . Among other things, she translated the tales of Hans Christian Andersen .
Selected Works
- Sketches of Natural History (1834)
- Wood Leighton, or a Year in the Country (1836)
- Birds and Flowers and Other Country Things (1838)
- Hymns and Fireside Verses (1839)
- Hope on, Hope ever, a Tale (1840)
- Strive and Thrive (1840)
- What will come of it (1841)
- Work and Wages, or Life in Service (1842)
- Which is the wiser? or People Abroad (1842)
- Little Coin, Much Care (1842)
- No Sense like Common Sense (1843)
- Love and Money (1843)
- My Uncle the Clockmaker (1844)
- The Two Apprentices (1844)
- My own Story, or the Autobiography of a Child (1845)
- Fireside Verses (1845)
- Ballads and other Poems (1847)
- The Children's Year (1847)
- The Childhood of Mary Leeson (1848)
- Our Cousins in Ohio (1849)
- The Heir of Wast-Waylan (1851)
- The Dial of Love (1853)
- Birds and Flowers and Other Country Things (1855)
- The Picture Book for the Young (1855)
- M. Howitt's Illustrated Library for the Young (1856; two series)
- Lillieslea, or Lost and Found (1861)
- Little Arthur's Letters to his Sister Mary (1861)
- The Poet's Children (1863)
- The Story of Little Cristal (1863)
- Mr. Rudd's Grandchildren (1864)
- Tales in Prose for Young People (1864)
- M. Howitt's Sketches of Natural History (1864)
- Tales in Verse for Young People (1865)
- Our Four-footed Friends (1867)
- John Oriel's Start in Life (1868)
- Pictures from Nature (1869)
- Vignettes of American History (1869)
- A Pleasant Life (1871)
- Birds and their Nests (1872)
- Natural History Stories (1875)
- Tales for all Seasons (1881)
- Tales of English Life, including Middleton and the Middletons (1881)
Died in Rome from bronchitis .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF ID : 2011 open data platform .
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database - 1995.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 119428695 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Links
- Biography (English)