Iulia Hasdeu

Born: 14 November 1869, Romania
Died: 29 September 1888
Country most active: Romania
Also known as: NA

The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
She was born in Bucharest and as a child showed proof of her talent.
At the age of two and a half she knew how to read; when she was eight years old, she spoke fluent French, German and English, and was already through the first four grades. At eleven, she graduated from the college in Bucharest, obtaining first prize, and, at the same time, she graduated from the music conservatory. At Paris, in 1886, she obtained, with honors, the degrees of bachelor of law and philosophy at the Sorbonne. She registered, then, as a student in the school of Arts and other departments of the University in Paris, taking courses also in painting and musical composition. She was also a good orator, giving two lectures at the Sorbonne. Her works are written in the French language. Her father, B. P. Hasden, a famous philologist, gathered together her writings, in three volumes, Bourgeons d’ Avril (poems), Chevaleries (tales), and Theatre.

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