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Dora d'Istria
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Romanian writer of Albanian origins (1828-1888)
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Elena Ghica, known by the pseudonym Dora d'Istria, was a female writer, essayist, historian, and painter born in Bucharest in 1828. A member of the Ghica family and of Albanian ethnicity, she held citizenship in the Principality of Wallachia and practiced Eastern Orthodoxy. She spoke French, Italian, Russian, and Romanian, and wrote primarily in French. Her interests included mountaineering.
Her notable works include *Autunno a Rapallo*, *La poesie des Persans sous les Khadjars*, *La poésie des Ottomans*, *Les femmes en Orient*, and *Il Mahâbhârata*. She is described in sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok*, the *Russian Biographical Dictionary*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*. Dora d'Istria died in Florence on November 17, 1888.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1828
- Died
- 1888
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Autunno a Rapallo
- La poesie des Persans sous les Khadjars
- La poésie des Ottomans
- Les femmes en Orient
- Il Mahâbhârata
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1828-01-22 ) 22 January 1828, Bucharest , Wallachia
- Died
- 17 November 1888 (1888-11-17) (aged 60), Florence , Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- Poet and writer
- Genre
- Romanticism
- Literary movement
- Albanian National Awakening
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elena
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Principality of Wallachia
- Place of birth
- Bucharest
- Place of death
- Florence
- Occupation
- mountaineer
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Family
- Ghica family
- Field of work
- essay
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Image
- Dora d'Istria.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dora d'Istria
- date of death
- 1888-11-20
- birth name
- Elena Ghica
- pseudonym
- Dora d'Istria
- ethnic group
- Albanians
- name in native language
- Elena Ghica
- writing language
- French
- P8168
- Yama district
- date of birth
- 1828-02-03
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
21 objects attributed to Dora d'Istria, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Die deutsche Schweiz und die Besteigung des Mönchs, 1
Au bord des lacs helvétiques : Ces deux nouvelles ont d'abord paru dans la Revue des Deux-Mondes. 1. Préface
Les femmes en orient, 2. La Russie
Die deutsche Schweiz : Land, Volk und Geschichte, 3
La Suisse allemande et l'ascension du Moench, 2
Die deutsche Schweiz und die Besteigung des Mönchs, 3
Excursions en Roumélie et en Moree. 1
Marco Polo il Cristoforo-Colombo dell'Asia. discorso ; gentilmente dedicato alla Società del Gabinetto di Minerva in Trieste e letto nella Società stessa, da uno dei Direttori, nella sera del 14 maggio 1869. di Elena Ghika (Dora d'Istria)
Excursions en Roumélie et en Moree. 2
Fyletia e arbenore prej Kanekate laoshima
La Suisse allemande et l'ascension du Moench, 4
![Giorgio Cretziano per Dora d'Istria [Elena Ghika] : Traduzione dal francese di Pietro Ardito. (Estratto dalla Rivista l'Umbria e le Marche.)](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10542281_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Giorgio Cretziano per Dora d'Istria [Elena Ghika] : Traduzione dal francese di Pietro Ardito. (Estratto dalla Rivista l'Umbria e le Marche.)
![Eliade Radulesco per Dora d'Istria [Elena Ghika] : Traduzione dal Francese di Pietro Ardito. Estratto dalla Rivista l'Umbria e le Marche. Anno II, Fascicoli 6 e 7](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10542283_00005%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Eliade Radulesco per Dora d'Istria [Elena Ghika] : Traduzione dal Francese di Pietro Ardito. Estratto dalla Rivista l'Umbria e le Marche. Anno II, Fascicoli 6 e 7
Des femmes par une femme, 1
La Suisse allemande et l'ascension du Moench, 1
La vie monastique dans l'église orientale : ?? Der wahre Name der Verfasserinn ist: Fürstin Koltzoff-Massalsky geb. Fürstin Helene Ghika aus Bucharest
Des femmes par une femme, 2
La Suisse allemande et l'ascension du Moench, 3
Die deutsche Schweiz : Land, Volk und Geschichte, 1
Die deutsche Schweiz und die Besteigung des Mönchs, 2
Les femmes en orient, 1. La Péninsula orientale
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Encyclopedic overview
Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828 in Bucharest – 17 November 1888 in Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian origin. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of the 19th century, and promoted the Albanian struggle for independence in Western Europe, despite not knowing the Albanian language herself. Her writings and efforts gained recognition among Albanian nationalist circles, and her name was used to garner support for the cause.
Life
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