Hermiona Asachi

Hermiona^[a] Asachi (Romanian: [aˈsaki], surname also spelled Asaki; December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900), also known as Hermione Asachi, was a Romanian writer and translator.

Hermiona Asachi
Born	(1821-12-16)December 16, 1821 Iași, Moldavia
Died	December 9, 1900(1900-12-09) (aged 78) Paris, France
Nationality	Romanian French
Occupation(s)	author, translation, writer
Spouses	Alexandru Moruzi ​ (div. 1849)​ [1] Edgar Quinet ​ ​ (m. 1852; died 1875)​

Life

Hermiona was born Glicheria Melirato,^[4] the daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Teyber.^[5] 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.^[6]

She was first married to Alexandru D. Moruzi [ro]. In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet,^[6][7] She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication,^[8] subsequently publishing under the name Hermiona Quinet.

Asachi died in Paris at the age of 78.^[6]

Works

Literary translations

• René-Paul și Paul-René, translation of the short story by Émile Deschamps (1839)
• Ruth, poems by Caroline Pichler (1839)
• Istoria sfântă pentru tinerimea moldo-română (Sacred history for young Moldavians and Romanians) (1840)
• Despre îndatoririle oamenilor (On the duties of men), by Silvio Pellico (1843)

Edgar Quinet

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

• Mémoires d'exil (1869)^[9]
• Paris, journal du siège (1873)
• Sentiers de France (1875)
• Le livre de l'exilé, 1851-1870; Après l'exil, manifestes et discours, 1871-1875 (1875)
• Vie et mort du génie grec (1876)
• Lettres à sa mère (1877)
• Histoire de mes idées (1878)
• Lettres d’exil à Michelet et à divers amis (1885-6) (4 volumes)
• Edgar Quinet avant et depuis l'exil (1887-9)^[9]
• Cinquante ans d'amitié, Michelet-Quinet (1899)

Other works

• Le Vrai dans l'éducation (1891)^[9]
• Ce que dit la musique (1893)
• La France idéale (1896)^[9]
• De Paris à Édimbourg (1898)

Notes

1. Also spelled Hermione^[2] and Ermiona.^[3]

References

1. Willy Aeschimann (1986). La pensée d'Edgar Quinet [The Thinking of Edgar Quinet] (in French). Paris: Anthropos. p. 639.
2. de:Oscar Alfred Haac [in German] (1947). "XIX". In David Baguley (ed.). A Critical Bibliography of French Literature: The Nineteenth Century in Two Parts. Vol. 5. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 675.
3. Wendy Bracewell; Alex Drace-Francis, eds. (2008). A Bibliography of East European Travel Writing on Europe. Vienna: Central European University Press. p. 505. ISBN 9789633863893.
4. Asachi-Quinet, Hermiona. 1967. p. 366.
5. Eugen Lovinescu (1982). Mariana Simionescu; ro:Alexandru George [in Romanian] (eds.). Opere. Vol. 3. London: Minerva Press. p. 332.
6. Țarălungă, Ecaterina. Enciclopedia identității românești. Personalități (in Romanian). p. 38.
7. van Dijk, Suzan (1995). George Sand lue à l'étranger: recherches nouvelles 3 (in French). p. 70. ISBN 9051838611.
8. Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 2245. ISBN 084932677X.
9. David Patrick; Francis Hindes Groome, eds. (1898). "Quinet, Edgar". Chambers Biographical Dictionary. J. B. Lippincott & Co. p. 772.