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

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

author of

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

, novels, and essays.

Biography

Rosalie Loveling was born in

Nevele Nevele () is a village and former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2 ...

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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. Biography Virginie Loveling was born in Nevele i ...

, 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. H ...

, 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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