Therese Albertine Luise Robinson
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Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob Robinson (26 January 1797 – 13 April 1870) was a German-American author, linguist and translator, and second wife of biblical scholar Edward Robinson.[1] She published under the pseudonym Talvj, an acronym derived from the initials of her birth name.
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Born | Therese Albertine Louise von Jakob (French: Thérèse Albertine Louise von Jacob, under Napoleonic occupation.) (1797-01-26)26 January 1797 Halle, Germany |
Died | 13 April 1870(1870-04-13) (aged 73) Hamburg, Germany |
Pen name | Talvj |
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Period | 1826–1870 |
Genre | Translated poetry, Novella |
Notable works | Volkslieder der Serben (1826), Auswanderer (1852) tr. "The Exile (1853) |
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The author wrote a brief autobiographical preface in the Brockhausischen Conversations-Lexikon (1840).[2] For a complete English biography of her life and work, see Irma Elizabeth Voigt (1913).[3]