A. Mary F. Robinson

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AMFR 's long career occupied the late decades of nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. It spanned two countries, England and France, and two languages, English and French. Robinson was generally known as a poet, but published successfully in several genres. Eight poetry collections and one novel bear her name. She also published several biographies (including one of Emily Brontë ) and historical essays. A literary critic and translator, she was a useful cultural guide to French readers of English literature—where she gave women writers a prominent place in the literary ranks—and for English readers to the literature of France.
  • BirthName: Agnes Mary Frances Robinson
  • Married: Darmesteter; Duclaux
  • Indexed: Madame James Darmesteter; Mary James Darmesteter; Madame Duclaux; Madame Mary Duclaux

Milestones

27 February 1857

AMFR was born at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, the elder of two daughters.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By 24 August 1878

AMFR privately published her first book, a volume of forty-five short lyrics entitled A Handful of Honeysuckle, with a dedication to her parents (who funded it in lieu of a coming-out ball).
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2652 (1878): 232
Leighton, Angela, and Margaret Reynolds, editors. Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology. Blackwell, 1995.
538
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1886

AMFR published her fourth volume of poetry, An Italian Garden, A Book of Songs, a slim collection generally considered her finest work.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
240

1930

AMFR provided an introduction for a travel book by Henriette Renan (sister of the well-known writer Ernest ): Souvenirs et impressions: Pologne, Rome, Allemagne, voyage en Syrie.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
240

9 February 1944

AMFR died at Aurillac in the Auvergne, France, where she had lived since early in the Second World War.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Biography

Birth, Family, and Early Life

27 February 1857

AMFR was born at Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, the elder of two daughters.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.