Rosa Warrens (February 24, 1821 – November 8, 1878) was a

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-born poet and translator.

Biography

Rosa Warrens was born into a

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family in

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in 1821. At the age of five she went with her parents to

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, where she remained until her father's death in 1861. She then moved to

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with her mother, with whom she lived in quiet seclusion. After the latter's death in the summer of 1878, she settled in

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. She died from a heart attack soon after her arrival. Despite having never attended a public school or received regular instruction, Warrens devoted herself to

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and

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, translating into German the northern folk-songs in the original metres. A volume of her original poems appeared in 1873.

Publications

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References

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