Moutza-Martinengou, Elisavet (1801–1832)
Moutza-Martinengou, Elisavet (1801–1832)
Greek poet, translator and playwright. Born 1801 in Zakinthos, Greece; forced to marry, died in childbirth 1832; dau. of a wealthy noble; children: 1.
As a child, studied Ancient Greek and Latin; began writing plays and poems; translated Homer's Oddyssey and Aeschylus's Prometheus; wrote 2 treatises, on economics and on art of poetry; autobiography was published by her son (1881). Except for autobiography (My Story), all her work was lost in a fire after earthquake in Zakinthos (1953).
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