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Elizabeth Seifert
Bess Gasparotti (June 19, 1897 – June 18, 1983), commonly known under her pen name of Elizabeth Seifert, was an American novelist known for her novels centered around the medical profession. She was reported by the ''St. Louis Globe-Democrat'' to be one of the two of " Moberly's Most Famous Women". Biography Seifert was born in Washington, Missouri, the daughter of Richard Chester Seifert, a railroad engineer, and Anna Sanford. She had two sisters, Shirley and Adele Seifert, who were authors based in St. Louis. In 1918, she received an A.B. degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where she majored in English. Seifert had initially enrolled in the university's medical school, where she was the only female student, intending to become a doctor, but dropped out after a year and a half when her family did not encourage her ambition and university officials told her that as a woman, she could complete her medical training but would not be awarded a degree. She continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to merge multiple persons into a single identifiable author, or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's real identity may be known only to the publisher or may become common knowledge. Etymology The French-language phrase is occasionally still seen as a synonym for the English term "pen name", which is a "back-translation" and originated in England rather than France. H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, in ''The King's English'' state that the term ''nom de plume'' evolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |