Eugénie Foa
Illustration — Eugénie Foa Eugénie Foa (Bordeaux, 1796 - Paris, 1852) was a French writer, at times using the nom de plume "Maria Fitzclarence." Eugénie Foa (born Esther-Eugénie Rodrigues-Henriques) was by descent a Sephardi Jew of Portuguese-Jewish descent, her mother being a member of the Gradis family, and both parents being members of the Bordeaux Jewish community. On the death of her father in 1826, the family moved to Paris. Eugenie married young, but after leaving her husband Joseph Foa shortly after their wedding, she began to support herself by writing.
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Eugénie Foa
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- Born
- 1796. · Bordeaux.
- Died
- 1852. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer.
- Fields
- creative and professional writing and children's and young adult literature.
- Known for
- Le petit Robinson de Paris and The Little Hero of Haarlem.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Eugénie Foa Eugénie Foa (Bordeaux, 1796 - Paris, 1852) was a French writer, at times using the nom de plume "Maria Fitzclarence." Eugénie Foa (born Esther-Eugénie Rodrigues-Henriques) was by descent a Sephardi Jew of Portuguese-Jewish descent, her mother being a member of the Gradis family, and both parents being members of the Bordeaux Jewish community. On the death of her father in 1826, the family moved to Paris. Eugenie married young, but after leaving her husband Joseph Foa shortly after their wedding, she began to support herself by writing.
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Her sister, Leonie, was the wife of composer Fromental Halévy, and she is a cousin of Olinde Rodrigues.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing and children's and young adult literature. Works named in the authority record are Le petit Robinson de Paris and The Little Hero of Haarlem.
• Le kidouschim (The Kiddushim) (1830) • La Juive: histoire des temps de la régence (two volumes, 1835) • Les Mémoirés d'un polichinelle (1839) • Le petit Robinson de Paris (1840) • Le vieux Paris (1840)
la première femme juive à avoir accédé à la carrière d'écrivaine
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- 1.Pierfit. Généalogie de la famille Gradis.
- 2.article Gradis. jewishencyclopedia.com.
- 3.Cavignac, 1987, Dictionnaire du judaïsme bordelais)
- 4.Consultation en ligne des archives la Maison Gradis.
- 5.J. de Maupassant, op. cit.
- 6.Le petit éclusier. Appidys.
- 7.Bibliographie de la France: ou, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie. Paris: Au Cercle de la Librairie. No. 49, 4 December 1848. p. 594.
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