Christine Daugaard
Christine Daugaard | |
|---|---|
 Christine in 1900, by Carl Thomsen, now in a collection at Ribe Kunstmuseum | |
| Born | 30 January 1831 |
| Died | 18 December 1917 (aged 86) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, translator |
Christine Margaretha Daugaard (30 January 1831 in Thorstrup by Varde – 18 December 1917 in Ribe[1][2]) was a Danish writer and poet, daughter of bishop Jacob Brøgger Daugaard.
Biography
Christine Daugaard was born in
Jewish priest's daughter, who was accepted as a daughter in the bishop's house. She accompanied Daugaard to Copenhagen after the bishop's death, and went with her friend to Jutland (1861), first to the Herregaarden Nørholm by Varde, where they lived for a time, at the suggestion of Miss Rosenørn-Teilmann, and then again to Ribe, where she died in 1917.[1]
Belonging to a gifted and literary family, she began publishing work in the 1850s and 1860s, partly under the
poems (among others Heather Flowers 1856, Historical Poems 1861, Danmarks Fadervor 1864, Spiritual Poems 1865, The Guardian 1870). She also published in 1884 an abridged translation of Torquato Tasso's Liberated Jerusalem.[2][1]
Daugaard died in 1917 aged 86.
References
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Anton (2012). "Danske Forfatterinder i det nittende Hundredaar" (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Ripenser-bladet, No. 8, May 1918
- ^ Bricka, Carl (2023). "Dansk biografisk Lexikon" (in Danish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
