Cosson de La Cressonière, Charlotte Cathérine (1740–1813)
Cosson de La Cressonière, Charlotte Cathérine (1740–1813)
French poet. Name variations: Charlotte Catherine Cosson de La Cressoniere. Born Charlotte Catherine Cosson in 1740 in Mézières, France; died 1813.
Wrote poems on public events, including Lamentations sur la mort du dauphin (1766) and Ode sur l'incendie d l'Hotel-Dieu de Paris (1773); published ballads and allegories in various journals, including Mercure de France,Journal des Dames and L'Année littéraire; may have collaborated on essay De l'éducation physique et morale des femmes (1799).
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