Tasma, 1848-1897

J. C. Couvreur, 1848-1897, novelist and short story writer under the pseudonym Tasma, married in 1867 Charles Forbes, divorcing him in 1883. She married soon afterwards Auguste Couvreur, a Belgian politician and journalist. She published several novels 1889-1897. After Couvreur's death in 1894, she succeeded him as the Brussels correspondent for The Times.

From the description of Journal [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225774220

Epithet: née Huybers; novelist

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Anglo-Australian author of the late nineteenth century, Jessie Catherine Couvreur, nee Huybers, wrote under the pseudonym "Tasma".

From the description of Papers of Jessie Couvreur (Tasma), 1873-1891 [manuscript]. 1873-1891. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 311800425

J.C. Couvreur, 1848-1897, novelist and short story writer under the pseudonym Tasma, was born in London and migrated with her parents to Hobart Town in the early 1850s. She married in 1867 Charles Forbes, and lived in the Kyneton district in Victoria where Charles had been in the milling business of a relation, William Degraves. They diverced in 1883 and she returned to Europe and married soon afterwards Auguste Couvreur, a Belgian politician and journalist. She published several novels 1889-1897. After Couvreur's death in 1984, she succeeded him as the Brussels correspondent for The Times. She died in Brussels on 23 October 1897.

From the description of Journal, 1889-1891 [manuscript]. 1889-1891. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 767094946