Montolieu, Isabelle de (1751 - 1832)
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| Short name | Montolieu, Isabelle de |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/46765083 |
| First name | Isabelle |
| Birth name | Montolieu |
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| Alternative name | Élisabeth-Jeanne-Pauline Polier de Bottens Montolieu |
| Date of birth | 1751 |
| Date of death | 1832 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Lausanne |
| Place of death | Lausanne |
| Lived in | Switzerland |
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| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| related to | Charrière, Isabelle de |
| related to | Marie-Elisabeth Polier |
| related to | Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité de |
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| Place(s) of Residence | Switzerland |
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Receptions of Montolieu, Isabelle de, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| ZZ*Letter commenting Montolieu to Benjamin Constant | Charrière, Isabelle de | 1801 | comments on person |
| Article dans le Dictionnaire historique [..] | Briquet, Marguerite Ursule Fortunée Bernier | 1804 | comments on person |
| Unknown artist, portrait of Isabelle de Montolieu, 1821. | 1821 | is portrait of | |
| Notice dans Histoire de la littérature féminine en France | Jean Larnac | 1921 | comments on person |
MENTIONED IN:
- Briquet 1804
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Pléiade, p.1372
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She is best-known for her translation into French of Johann David Wyss's The Swiss Family Robinson (1813) to which she wrote a sequel in 1824".
In Querard: La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique .... vol. 6, Paris, 1834 Montolieu is discredited as translator for not knowing very well English and German. Still: "chez Madame de Montolieu les charmes de l'imagination et les richesses du sentiment dédommagent de l'infidélité dans ses versions"
ABR june 2011
Married in 1769, widowed in 1775, remarried in 1786. 2 children, 1 survived (Henri-Antoine).