Therese Albertine Luise Robinson
Therese Albertine Luise Robinson (Talvj) | |
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| Born | Therese Albertine Louise von Jakob (French: Thérèse Albertine Louise von Jacob, under Napoleonic occupation.) 26 January 1797 Halle, Germany |
| Died | 13 April 1870 (aged 73) Hamburg, Germany |
| Pen name | Talvj |
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| Period | 1826–1870 |
| Genre | Translated poetry, Novella |
| Notable works | Volkslieder der Serben (1826), Auswanderer (1852) tr. The Exile (1853) |
Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob Robinson (26 January 1797 – 13 April 1870) was a German-American author, linguist and translator, and second wife of biblical scholar Edward Robinson. She published under the pseudonym Talvj, an acronym derived from the initials of her birth name.
The author wrote a brief autobiographical preface in the Brockhausischen Conversations-Lexikon (1840). For a complete English biography of her life and work, see Irma Elizabeth Voigt (1913).