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Author: Sapho

Pseudonyms:
Spouse/other names:Sappho
Gender:female
Year of birth:-620
Year of death:-570
About her personal situation:Standardizingjuly12av Origin: • Location where born : Lesvos island • Location where died : Lefkada island National identity : • Nationality : Greek • First language: Ancient Greek Marital status : - married (to Kerkyla) Number of children : - 1 daughter Social class / position: - Intellectual elite Education: - not yet checked Religion - not yet checked

Countries:Greece
Languages:Ancient Greek
Relations to other authors:

About her professional situation:Standardizingjuly12av Publishing: - Under her own name Profession(s) and activities: - Poet - Traveller - Musician - Librettist Languages in which she published : - Ancient Greek Collaboration/connections with male authors/important figures : - not yet checked Memberships : - not yet checked
Elements of bibliography:MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) I, 22-23. cf.: - art Marianne Peereboom, in Van Dijk e.a., "I have heard about you"
Websites: Celebration of WW: biography
Celebration of women writers

Editors: Susanne Parren (update on 12 December 2009)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 20 May 2010)
Emma van den Eijnde (update on 22 May 2010)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 24 October 2010)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 04 March 2011)
Aspasia Vasilaki (update on 11 July 2012)
Aspasia Vasilaki (update on 11 July 2012)
Aspasia Vasilaki (update on 12 July 2012)
Aspasia Vasilaki (update on 13 July 2012)
Suzan van Dijk (update on 18 February 2014)

Works written by this author

E 1 *Poésies de Sapho ()
E 2 *Sapho, the author ()

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