Hermiona Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900) was a Romanian writer and translator.

Life

Hermiona was born Glicheria Melirato, the daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Teyber. She was later adopted by Gheorghe Asachi, her mother's second husband. Hermiona translated texts by Silvio Pellico and Benjamin Franklin into Romanian for her father's publication ''

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''. In 1845, she moved to France, where she corresponded with various French intellectuals such as

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and Louis Blanc. She was first married to . In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet, She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication, subsequently publishing under the name Hermiona Quinet. Asachi died in Paris at the age of 78.

Works

Literary translations

* ''René-Paul și Paul-René'', translation of the short story by Émile Deschamps (1839) * ''Ruth'', poems by Caroline Pichler (1839) * ''Istoria sfântă pentru tinerimea moldo-română'' ''( Sacred history for young Moldavians and Romanians)'' (1840) * ''Despre îndatoririle oamenilor'' ''(On the duties of men)'', by Silvio Pellico (1843)

Edgar Quinet

Works published from Edgar Quinet's notes, manuscripts, and notebooks. Many were selected, annotated, prefaced, and arranged by Hermione. * ''Mémoires d'exil'' (1869) * ''Paris, journal du siège'' (1873) * ''Sentiers de France'' (1875) * ''Le livre de l'exilé, 1851-1870; Après l'exil, manifestes et discours, 1871-1875'' (1875) * ''Vie et mort du génie grec'' (1876) * ''Lettres à sa mère'' (1877) * ''Histoire de mes idées'' (1878) * ''Lettres d’exil à Michelet et à divers amis'' (1885-6) (4 volumes) * ''Edgar Quinet avant et depuis l'exil'' (1887-9) * ''Cinquante ans d'amitié, Michelet-Quinet'' (1899)

Other works

* ''Le Vrai dans l'éducation'' (1891) * ''Ce que dit la musique'' (1893) * ''La France idéale'' (1896) * ''De Paris à Édimbourg'' (1898)

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asachi, Hermiona 1821 births 1900 deaths Austrian adoptees Romanian people of Austrian descent Romanian nobility Romanian women writers Romanian translators 19th-century translators 19th-century Romanian women