Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck
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Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck (29 January 1744, Stockholm - 1813 , Kyrkslätt), was a Swedish-Finnish writer and poet. Her play Dianas fest (The Feast of Diana) from 1775 is referred to as the first original work of its kind produced by a female during the Gustavian age.
The parentage of Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck is unknown but her father is believed to have been a clerk. She married first to lieutenant Carl Johan Hastfer (d. 1771). As a widow she met with economical difficulties but was given assistance by the patronage of the courtier Baron . In 1773, she married major Carl Fredrik Toll, who was the owner of three mansions in Nyland in Finland.
Works[]
- Öfwer Högstsalige Hans Kongl. Maj:ts Konung Adolpf Friedrichs död. (1771)
- Poëme, öfver Hans Kongl. Maj:ts Konung Gustaf III:s högsthugneliga kröning, d. 29 Maji 1772. (1772);
- Skalde-Bref, I anledning af Hans Kongl. Maj:ts Kon. Gustaf III Höga Namns-Dag, d. 6 Jul. 1773. (1773);
- Skalde-Qwäde, Öfwer Hans Maj:ts, Konung Gustaf:s Resa til Norrske Gränsen, uti Novemb. 1772. (1774);
- Afsked af Sommaren. Qwäde. Samlaren 1775; Dianas fest. Herdaspel uti en Act. (1775)
References[]
- http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=8809
- Ann Öhrberg: Fasa för all flärd, konstlan och förställning” Den ideala retorn inom 1700-talets nya offentlighet. Samlaren. 2010
- http://www.svd.se/kultur/litterar-pionjar-vard-att-uppmarksamma_155431.svd
- Carina Burman, Den finländska Sapfo. Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarcks liv och verk (Lunne böcker, 2004)
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- 1744 births
- 1813 deaths
- 18th-century Finnish writers
- 18th-century Finnish women writers
- 18th-century Finnish poets
- Finnish women poets
- Finnish dramatists and playwrights
- Women dramatists and playwrights
- Writers from Stockholm
- 18th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 18th-century Swedish poets
- Swedish women poets
- 18th-century Swedish women writers
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