Biography
Louise May Okott - American writer, author of stories, poems and novels. The most famous works in her bibliography were the books "Little women", based on autobiographical events, and "little men". Along with the creations of Francis Fitzgerald, Jane Austin and Edgar Allan on the composition of Olkott were among the best examples of foreign literature on the 20th century.Childhood and youth
Louise May Olkott was born in Germantaun on November 29, 1832 and became the second of the four daughters of the transcendentalist and writer Eimos Bronson Olkotta and the soul fusionist Ebigeyl May. As a child, Louise was fidget and preferred boyish games, which distinguished her from other girls.
In 1834, the family moved to Boston. Here the Father organized an experimental school and became a member of the transcendental club, in which other prominent figures of that time consisted. The financial position of Olkottov was deplorable. 2 years after unsuccessful experience with the organization of educational institution, parents and children moved to the house located in Concord.
For three years, they rented real estate, and later, along with several members of the family, the conocyate moved to live in the "Fruit Lands" community. The utopian idea of transcendentalists about a combination of simple life and high thinking quickly collapsed. Her ideologists were forced to look for a new refuge.
Thanks to the received mother inheritance, the family acquired the estate in Concord and settled there in the spring of 1845. True, already in the 1852th Alkotta were forced to sell the house. For 30 years, Louise, together with sisters and parents moved 22 times. In 1857, she was again in Concorde, and a year later, all relatives settled in the farmhouse in Orchard House.
The initial formation of Louise received by class with naturalist Henry David Toro. He inspired her and to create one of the works. Children also received knowledge from the Father and those intellectuals who were a circle of family communication. The absence of stable income made the girls of Olkottov early start working. Louise managed to try himself as a teacher, governess, seamstress and servants. This state school was able to visit only the younger sister May.
Writing activities and creativity were for Louise May Olkott invented. The book "Basni about the colors" has become debut. It was a collection of fairy tales.
In 1847, the novice writer learned what feminism, after reading the "Declaration of Rights and Sense", describing the election law of women. She became the first representative of the beautiful sex that registered to participate in the elections.
1857 was complicated financially, and Louise could not find a permanent job that he had impede the girl in despair. She even thought about suicide until he got acquainted with the biography of Charlotte Bronte, in which there was a lot of parallels with his own lives. A year later, one of the younger sisters died, and the eldest married. For Olcott, these events became equivalent to the nursing rupture, and she was seriously experiencing what was happening.
Personal life
Being absolutist and feminist, Louise Olkott all his life was lonely. She did not marry, but he devoted his free time to participate in events organized in support of women's rights.In memories of Louise, there are mention that it feels the soul of a man, chained in the female body. The girl claimed that he had repeatedly fell in love with representatives of weak gender and had never experienced such feelings for men. True, the diaries described in detail and the novel with Ladislav Vishnevsky, the mention of which she later erased.
The only person who asked the personal life of the writer was the niece Lulu, the daughter of the younger sister May, who died in 1879. The girl received a name in honor of Louise, and the aunt nailed to her a special tenderness.
It is known that Olcott has experienced health problems. Medical examination showed: the writer could suffer from autoimmune disease. In his youth, during the Civil War, the girl feared the abdominal title and was treated to mercury, which also contributed to the emergence of negative consequences. In the photo of 1870, rashes on the face of Louise and redness on the cheeks are noticeable.
Books
In 1854, Louise was invited to cooperate with the Boston theater for whom she wrote the Pieces of "Primateonna". The work created by it was burned, as quarrels provoked due to the distribution of roles between actresses.
After 6 years, Olcott began cooperation with the ATLANTIC MONTHLY magazine. During the Civil War, the writer worked as a medical sister in a military hospital located in Georgetown. From there she wrote the letters to relatives and relatives, who were subsequently reworked in "Hospital Essays" and published in 1863 in the Commonwealth newspaper. The writings brought the author the first popularity among the public. The sketches said about the heart of surgeons, a bad organization of hospitals and military realities.
From the mid-1860s, Louise wrote novels and stories using the pseudonym A. M. Barnard. In the works, she described strong and smart characters, as well as passionate feelings. The author released several stories for children, and after those turned out to be popular, concentrated at work for this target audience.
In 1868, the novel "Little Women" was published, which had an autobiographic basis. The work narrowed about childhood Louise and sisters. For the 1st part of the story followed the second in the form of the book "Good Wives". She saw the light in the 1869th and described the adult life of girls. The book "Youth Rose" belongs to the same period.
In 1871, the novel "Little men" was published, in which it was about one of the heroines of the first books of Joe and school, founded by her and his spouse, Professor Baer. Found in 1886 "Guys Joe" summed up the Family Saga Olkott.
Later, in 1873, Louise May Okott released a novel called "job", and even after 4 years, the light saw the "modern Mephistofel". The writer was among the authors who described the problems of women in a frank modern manner. In 1877, she stood in a number of founders of the female educational and industrial union.
Death
In adulthood, Louise Olcott has deteriorated quickly. The writer died in the spring of 1888, 2 days after the Father. The cause of death, doctors associated with the use of mercury as a medicine from abdominal typhoid or a provocateur autoimmune disease.A woman was buried on the cemetery "Sleepy Hollow" in Concord. Louise's niece at that time was 8 years old. After a while, the girl moved to live to his native father to Europe.
Bibliography
- 1849 - "Legacy"
- 1854 - "Bassni about flowers"
- 1865 - "Moods"
- 1867 - "Mysterious key and what he opened"
- 1868 - "Little women"
- 1869 - "Good wives"
- 1870 - "Old-fashioned girl"
- 1871 - "Little Men"
- 1873 - "Work"
- 1875 - "Rose and seven brothers"
- 1876 - "Youth of Roses"
- 1877 - "Modern Mephistopheles"
- 1878 - "House under the sirens"