Hermiona Asachi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermiona Asachi

Romanian translator, writer and editor

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1821

Place of Birth: Iași, Iași County, Romania

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1900

Profession: writer, translator, author, editor, correspondent

Nationality: France, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hermiona Asachi (December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900) was a Romanian writer and translator. The daughter of Gheorghe Asachi and Elena Tauber, she was born in Vienna.
In 1840, she published a collection of stories from the Bible Istoria sfânta pentru tinerimea moldo-româna.
She translated texts by Silvio Pellico and Benjamin Franklin into Romanian for the publication Albina Româneasca.
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.She was first married to Alexandru D.
Moruzi.
In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet.
She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication.Asachi died in Paris at the age of 78.