Hermiona Asachi

Hermiona Asachi (December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900), also known as Hermione Asachi, was a Romanian writer and translator.

The daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Tauber, she was born as Glichieria Melirato in Vienna; was adopted by Gheorghe Asachi, second husband of her mother In 1840, she published a collection of stories from the Bible Istoria sfântă pentru tinerimea moldo-română. She translated texts by Silvio Pellico and Benjamin Franklin into Romanian for the publication Albina Românească. She moved to France in 1845, where she published Mémoires d’exile (1868) and Cinquante ans d’amitié: Michelet-Quinet under the name Hermiona Quimet. Asachi corresponded with various French intellectuals such as Victor Hugo, Jules Michelet and Louis Blanc.[1]

She was first married to Alexandru D. Moruzi. In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet.[1][2] She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication.[3]

Asachi died in Paris at the age of 78.[1]

References
  1. Țarălungă, Ecaterina. Enciclopedia identității românești. Personalități (in Romanian). p. 38.
  2. van Dijk, Suzan (1995). George Sand lue à l'étranger: recherches nouvelles 3 (in French). p. 70. ISBN 9051838611.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 2245. ISBN 084932677X.
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