Family Name: Lenngren, née Malmstedt
First Name: Anna Maria
Birth Date: Sun, Jun 16, 1754
Birth Place: Uppsala
Death Date: Thu, Mar 06, 1817
Death Place: Stockholm
Main places of activity:
Place
Uppsala
Place
Stockholm
Personal info:
Education

Anna Maria Lenngren was born in Uppsala. She was the daughter of the poet Magnus Brynolf Malmstedt (1724–1798), a professor of Latin at Uppsala University, and Märta Johanna Florin.
Career

She began her career in poetry in the 1770s. In 1775, she became a member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg and in 1779 she joined the Utile Dulci, a learned and musical Academy and Secret Society in Stockholm. She became known as a defender of intellectual women until her marriage. In 1780, she married Carl Peter Lenngren (1750–1827), an official at the National Board of Trade and the chief editor of Stockholms-Posten (a newspaper founded by the poet Johan Henric Kellgren, the book printer Johan Christopher Holmberg and Lenngren). After her wedding, she only published anonymously. 
Translations Other Works

translations activities

In 1776 she was commissioned by Duke Charles, the King's brother, for a translation of Lucile, an opéra comique written by Jean-François Marmontel (with music by André Grétry). It was the the first of the genre translated into Swedish. In the introduction, she defended women's right to intellectual work. She was then given several similar translation commissions by the royal house.

secondary bibliography references

Charlotta Wolff, ’Grétry en Suède. Réception et adaptations’,Grétry, un musicien des Lumières, ed. Bruno Demoulin et alii, Art&Fact. Revue des historiens de l’art, des archéologues et des musicologues de l’Université de Liège, vol. 32 (2013), p. 137–142.

Translations

  • Lucile

  • Translation Title: Lucile, opera-comique i en act
  • Original Author: Jean-François Marmontel, music by André Grétry
  • Original title: Lucile
  • Publ. Year From: 1768 to:
  • lang: French
  • Note:

    First performed in Paris at the Comédie-Italienne on 5 January 1769. 
  • Translation: Lucile, opera-comique i en act
  • Publisher: Joh. Arv. Carlbohm
  • Pub. Place: Stockholm
  • Pub. Date: 1775
  • Lang: Swedish
  • Note:

    First performed in Stockholm June 19, 1776. The translation was dedicated to the Royal Duchess Charlotte. 

  • Zémire et Azor

  • Translation Title: Zemire och Azor: Comedie ballet uti fyra acter
  • Original Author: Jean-François Marmontel, music by André Grétry
  • Original title: Zémire et Azor
  • Publ. Year From: 1770 to:
  • lang: French
  • Note:

    First performed by the Comédie-Italienne at Fontainebleau on 9 November 1771 and then at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris on 16 December 1771. 
  • Translation: Zemire och Azor: Comedie ballet uti fyra acter
  • Publisher:
  • Pub. Place: Stockholm
  • Pub. Date: 1777
  • Lang: Swedish

  • Heroides

  • Translation Title: Dido til Eneas. Heorïde
  • Original Author: Ovid
  • Original title: Heroides
  • lang: Latin
  • Translation: Dido til Eneas. Heorïde
  • Pub. Place: Stockholm
  • Pub. Date: 1777
  • Lang: Swedish

  • La Belle Arsène, comédie-féerie en trois actes, mêlée d'ariettes.

  • Translation Title: Arsène, féerie-comedie uti fyra
  • Original Author: Charles-Simon Favart, music by Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
  • Original title: La Belle Arsène, comédie-féerie en trois actes, mêlée d'ariettes.
  • Publ. Year From: 1772 to:
  • lang: French
  • Note:

    First performed on 6 November 1773, Fontainebleau. 
  • Translation: Arsène, féerie-comedie uti fyra
  • Pub. Place: Stockholm
  • Pub. Date: 1778
  • Lang: Swedish
  • Note:

    From the revised version in 4 acts presented in 1775.  First performed in Sweden, Drottningholm: 22 July 1779. 

  • Silvain/Sylvain, opéra comique in one act

  • Translation Title: Silvain
  • Original Author: Jean-François Marmontel, music by André Grétry
  • Original title: Silvain/Sylvain, opéra comique in one act
  • Publ. Year From: 1769 to:
  • lang: French
  • Note:

    First performed at the Comédie-Italienne on 19 February 1770. 
  • Translation: Silvain
  • Pub. Place: Stockholm
  • Pub. Date: 1790
  • Lang: Swedish
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