Polier, Marie-Elizabeth (1742–1817)
Polier, Marie-Elizabeth (1742–1817)
Swiss journalist and translator. Name variations: Chanoinesse de Heiliggraben; chanoinesse de Polier; canoness of Heiliggraben. Born 1742 in Lausanne, Switzerland; died 1817.
Translations from German include Sophie de La Roche's Eugénie, ou la résignation (1795); edited literary periodical Journal littéraire de Lausanne (1794–98); other works include Recuiel d'histoirettes (1792), Le Club des Jacobins, comédie (1792), La Sylphide ou l'ange gardien (1795), and Mythologie des Indous (1809); with J. de Maimieux, produced Bibliothèque germanique (1800–01), Midi industrieux, and Gazette brittanique.
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