Beauvain D'Althenheim, Gabrielle (1814–1886)
Beauvain D'Althenheim, Gabrielle (1814–1886)
French poet and novelist. Name variations: Gabrielle Soumet, Mme Gabrielle Soumet, or Gabrielle Soumet Altenheim; Mme B. Daltenheym; Dame Beuvain d'Altenheim. Born Gabrielle Soumet, 1814, in France; died 1886; dau. of Alexandre Soumet (playwright, 1786–1845).
Through father, met leading Romantic writers and composed epic by age 9; her fiction and poetry, which achieved great popular success, includes Les Filiales (1836), Nouvelles Filiales (1838), Berthe Bertha (1843), Les Deux Frères (1858) and La Croix et la lyre; also wrote 2 plays with father, Le Gladiateur (1841) and Jane Grey (1844).
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