Dufrénoy, Adelaïde de (1765–1825)
Dufrénoy, Adelaïde de (1765–1825)
French poet and novelist. Name variations: Adelaïde Dufrénoy or Adelaide Dufrenoy. Born 1765 in Nantes, France; died 1825.
Left France with husband during Revolution and returned 1812; was dubbed the French Sappho because of homoerotic nature of some poems, and her verse was awarded honors by Académie Française (1815); works include Elégies (1807), Etrenne à ma fille (1815), La Petite Ménagère (1816), Biographie des jeunes demoiselles (1816), Les Françaises nouvelles (1818), Les Conversations maternells and Le Livre des femmes (1823); also wrote novels and educational texts.
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