She lived with Deken for nearly 30 years before her death on November 5, 1804. While living in Burgundy with Deken, Bekker was exposed to some of the dangers of the Revolution, and she is said to have escaped the guillotine only by her presence of mind. After Adriaan's death in 1777, Bekker began to write with her close companion Aagje Deken. Her writing debut in 1763 consisted of poetry of moral contemplation, though her later poetry became satirical. Born at Vlissingen, northern Netherlands, on Jdied in The Hague, on Novemmarried Adriaan Wolff (a Reformed cleric at Beemster), in 1759 (died 1777).ĭaughter of Calvinist merchants, Elizabeth "Betje" Bekker entered into a theoretical marriage with Adriaan Wolff, a vicar 31 years her senior. Name variations: Elisabeth Bekker Elizabeth Betjen Wolff Elizabeth Wolff-Bekker Betje Wolff. Bekker, Elizabeth (1738–1804)ĭutch novelist. Employed by the Bosch family, she was befriended by their daughter Maria Bosch the two wrote religious poetry together: Stichtelijke gedichten was published in 1775. Deken was orphaned at an early age and lived in an Amsterdam orphanage before becoming a servant and governess. Born in 1741 in the northern Netherlands died on November 14, 1804.īorn in the northern Netherlands in 1741, Aagje Deken would become a frequent collaborator with novelist Elizabeth Bekker on realistic stories of Dutch life.
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