Rosalie Loveling (20 March 1834 – 4 May 1875) was a

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author of

poetry Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...

, novels, and essays.

Biography

Rosalie Loveling was born in

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, and was the older sister of

Virginie Loveling Virginie (Marie) Loveling (17 May 1836 – 1 December 1923) was a Flanders, Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W. E. C. Walter. She did write sentimentally early in her career but ...

, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre. After the death of their father Herman Loveling, the family moved to

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where the sisters moved in circles of French-speaking, mainly anti-clerical intelligentsia before eventually returning to Nevele. She made her literary debut influenced by

Klaus Groth Klaus Groth (24 April 1819 – 1 June 1899) was a Low German poet. Biography Groth was born in Heide, in Ditmarschen, the western part of the Duchy of Holstein. He was the oldest son of Hartwig Groth, a miller, and his wife Anna Christina. ...

, whose 'Trinia' she translated into Dutch. Together with her sister, she went on to write realistic and descriptive poetry with a romantic undertone. They also published two collections of essays on life in the rural communities as well as the city bourgeoisie. Rosalie Loveling died on 4 May 1875 in Nevele.

Bibliography

Co-authored with Virginie Loveling

* ''Gedichten'' (1870) * ''Novellen'' (1874) Rosalie : ; Virginie: * ' (1876) Rosalie: ; Virginie: * ' (1883) Virginie: ; Rosalie: * ' (1950) * ' (compilation and commentary by A. Van Elslander, 1978)

Sole author

* ' (1853) * ''Trinia'', translated from Klaus Groth's work (1864) * ' (1866) * ' (1863) * ' (1868) * '

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