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Las mujeres que escriben también son peligrosas
Si las mujeres que leen son peligrosas, ¿qué decir de aquellas que, superando todas las trabas, se han impuesto como escritoras en un mundo lleno de prejuicios que no las tomaba en serio?
La literatura ha sido tradicionalmente un terreno reservado a los hombres y, hasta bien entrado el siglo XX, las pocas mujeres que se atrevían a tomar la pluma solían utilizar seudónimos masculinos para ocultar semejante acto de rebeldía. Sin embargo, ya en el siglo XIII algunas mujeres se atrevían a escribir en un mundo en el que sólo unas poquísimas privilegiadas tenían acceso siquiera a la lectura. Esta interesantísima y reveladora obra, llena de ilustraciones y fotografías, propone repasar la trayectoria de las escritoras más destacadas que ha dado la historia, como las hermanas Brontë, Jane Austen, George Sand o Virginia Woolf.
La literatura ha sido tradicionalmente un terreno reservado a los hombres y, hasta bien entrado el siglo XX, las pocas mujeres que se atrevían a tomar la pluma solían utilizar seudónimos masculinos para ocultar semejante acto de rebeldía. Sin embargo, ya en el siglo XIII algunas mujeres se atrevían a escribir en un mundo en el que sólo unas poquísimas privilegiadas tenían acceso siquiera a la lectura. Esta interesantísima y reveladora obra, llena de ilustraciones y fotografías, propone repasar la trayectoria de las escritoras más destacadas que ha dado la historia, como las hermanas Brontë, Jane Austen, George Sand o Virginia Woolf.
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32 books45 followersStefan Bollmann (born March 21, 1958 in Dusseldorf) is a German editor and author.
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November 21, 2025
Persiste um problema, que Virginia Woolf aborda apenas de forma indirecta e é, recorrendo a uma imagem absolutamente fora de moda, o seguinte: os homens que escrevem têm a sua fonte inspiradora nas musas, que são, em regra, mulheres. Mas… e as musas das escritoras, quem são? Homens? E já apareceu algum homem, melhor dizendo, haverá homens dispostos e em condições de assumir esse papel porventura tão extraordinariamente importante para o futuro da literatura?
Depois de “As Mulheres que Lêem São Perigosas”, Stefan Bollmann escreveu “Mulheres que Escrevem Vivem Perigosamente”, sendo que esse perigo muitas vezes se vira contra elas próprias, se pensarmos na quantidade de escritoras que tentaram ou acabaram por se suicidar.
O que mais me agrada neste género de selecções é ficar a conhecer nomes de que nunca ouvi antes falar, como Madeleine de Scudéry (que escreveu um mapa do amor terno no século XVII), Else Lasker-Schüler (judia que viu os seus livros queimados num auto-de-fé nazi nos anos 30) e Assia Djebar (uma argelina que escrevia sob pseudónimo para não ofender a sua fé e a sua família).
Desde as precursoras Hildegarda de Bingen e Cristina de Pisano até à contemporânea Arundhati Roy, Bollmann nomeia romancistas, poetisas e contistas, além de um surpreendente punhado de mulheres que optaram pelo formato epistolar, como o caso de Rahel Varnhagen, que escreveu mais de 10 mil cartas; sendo ainda mais extraordinário ter incluído uma panfletista, Sophie Scholl, resistente executada aos 22 anos por traição.
<”Cada palavra que sai da boca de Hitler é uma mentira. Se formos muitos, poderemos, num derradeiro e prodigioso esforço, derrubar este sistema."
Entre os nomes mais inesperados, foi curioso encontrar Elsa Morante, sempre acompanhada de gatos, Erika Mann, crítica literária a quem se deve a organização e divulgação da obra do pai, Miles Franklin, cujo nome consta de dois prémios literários na Austrália (sendo o Stella Prize destinado apenas a mulheres) e Astrid Lindgren, a criadora da minha mini-feminista preferida, a Pipi das Meias Altas.
Depois de “As Mulheres que Lêem São Perigosas”, Stefan Bollmann escreveu “Mulheres que Escrevem Vivem Perigosamente”, sendo que esse perigo muitas vezes se vira contra elas próprias, se pensarmos na quantidade de escritoras que tentaram ou acabaram por se suicidar.
O que mais me agrada neste género de selecções é ficar a conhecer nomes de que nunca ouvi antes falar, como Madeleine de Scudéry (que escreveu um mapa do amor terno no século XVII), Else Lasker-Schüler (judia que viu os seus livros queimados num auto-de-fé nazi nos anos 30) e Assia Djebar (uma argelina que escrevia sob pseudónimo para não ofender a sua fé e a sua família).
Desde as precursoras Hildegarda de Bingen e Cristina de Pisano até à contemporânea Arundhati Roy, Bollmann nomeia romancistas, poetisas e contistas, além de um surpreendente punhado de mulheres que optaram pelo formato epistolar, como o caso de Rahel Varnhagen, que escreveu mais de 10 mil cartas; sendo ainda mais extraordinário ter incluído uma panfletista, Sophie Scholl, resistente executada aos 22 anos por traição.
<”Cada palavra que sai da boca de Hitler é uma mentira. Se formos muitos, poderemos, num derradeiro e prodigioso esforço, derrubar este sistema."
Entre os nomes mais inesperados, foi curioso encontrar Elsa Morante, sempre acompanhada de gatos, Erika Mann, crítica literária a quem se deve a organização e divulgação da obra do pai, Miles Franklin, cujo nome consta de dois prémios literários na Austrália (sendo o Stella Prize destinado apenas a mulheres) e Astrid Lindgren, a criadora da minha mini-feminista preferida, a Pipi das Meias Altas.
December 31, 2020
“Mulheres que escrevem vivem perigosamente” é um álbum que reúne imagens e textos de escritoras que fizeram (e ainda fazem) a diferença no mundo editorial. Das primeiras autoras medievais até às contemporâneas, o autor cria pequenas categorias temáticas, abordando as escritoras que tiveram de manter o anonimato, as perseguidas, as ousadas e até há uma pequena secção dedicada às autoras de livros infantojuvenis.
As autoras são, na sua maioria, europeias, mas de um leque variado de países, não só do Reino Unido ou França. Muitas já li e outras espero descobrir num futuro próximo, se encontrar os livros à venda.
Confesso que os textos a acompanhar as autoras não foram esclarecedores em algumas ocasiões. Em vez de fazer uma introdução à escritora e à sua obra, despertando a curiosidade do leitor, o autor Stefan Bollman assumiu, em algumas ocasiões, que já conhecíamos a autora e pôs-se a comparar a sua obra com a de outra, ficando nós a conhecer mais da outra autora do que da principal. “Less is more”. A tentativa de erudição pode ser fatal!
As autoras são, na sua maioria, europeias, mas de um leque variado de países, não só do Reino Unido ou França. Muitas já li e outras espero descobrir num futuro próximo, se encontrar os livros à venda.
Confesso que os textos a acompanhar as autoras não foram esclarecedores em algumas ocasiões. Em vez de fazer uma introdução à escritora e à sua obra, despertando a curiosidade do leitor, o autor Stefan Bollman assumiu, em algumas ocasiões, que já conhecíamos a autora e pôs-se a comparar a sua obra com a de outra, ficando nós a conhecer mais da outra autora do que da principal. “Less is more”. A tentativa de erudição pode ser fatal!
March 18, 2018
Es un libro que tiene una edición muy elaborada, me ha resultado muy interesante las diferentes partes aunque si que me gustaron una más que otras, tengo que reconocer mi desconocimiento acerca de algunas mujeres escritoras, pero les seguiré la pista a partir de ahora, es decir, que alguna se colará en mis lecturas.
July 4, 2017
Una joya ♥
January 4, 2020
Livro comprado na minha primeira visita à famosa Livraria Lello, sob a detestada (pelo menos por mim) imposição em pagar bilhete para entrar.
Lamento Lello, mas detesto imposições!
Mas vamos ao livro em si.
Dividido em 9 partes ou 9 capítulos em que Bollmann faz uma pequena introdução e apresenta o leitor a algumas mulheres escritoras, que pelo simples facto de escreverem se tornaram célebres e/ou viram a sua vida ameaçada e/ou viveram no limite da sociedade.
Mulheres que arriscaram e viveram ou sobreviveram de forma ténue ou intensa, por amor aos livros e à escrita.
A maioria já ouvi falar mas gostei imenso de conhecer um pouco mais.
Na sua essência este livro é uma compilação de pequenas biografias de mulheres que, entre outras coisas, escreveram.
Lamento Lello, mas detesto imposições!
Mas vamos ao livro em si.
Dividido em 9 partes ou 9 capítulos em que Bollmann faz uma pequena introdução e apresenta o leitor a algumas mulheres escritoras, que pelo simples facto de escreverem se tornaram célebres e/ou viram a sua vida ameaçada e/ou viveram no limite da sociedade.
Mulheres que arriscaram e viveram ou sobreviveram de forma ténue ou intensa, por amor aos livros e à escrita.
A maioria já ouvi falar mas gostei imenso de conhecer um pouco mais.
Na sua essência este livro é uma compilação de pequenas biografias de mulheres que, entre outras coisas, escreveram.
February 2, 2022
Kurzer, interessanter Einblick in Biografien schreibender Frauen seit dem 12. Jahrhundert. Für mich waren viele neue Dinge dabei und genug Empfehlungen für zukünftige Bücher, die ich lesen mag.
Am Ende war das Buch vielleicht an der ein oder anderen Stelle einfach zu kurz. Mir wären insgesamt vielleicht eine geringere Anzahl an Biografien, aber dafür mehr Informationen zu den vorgestellten Frauen lieber gewesen.
Am Ende war das Buch vielleicht an der ein oder anderen Stelle einfach zu kurz. Mir wären insgesamt vielleicht eine geringere Anzahl an Biografien, aber dafür mehr Informationen zu den vorgestellten Frauen lieber gewesen.
February 27, 2017
une femme qui écrit n'est pas une passeuse de langue, une cantrebandière de mots, une pourvoyeuse de sens, une chasseuse qui met dans sa gibecière quelques formes nouvelles.
une femme qui écrit est la créatrice d'un univers, une semeuse de désordre, une personne qui se met en risque et qui ignore le danger, tant sa tâche la requiert, une personne qui invente la langue, sa langue, notre langue.
une femme qui écrit est la créatrice d'un univers, une semeuse de désordre, une personne qui se met en risque et qui ignore le danger, tant sa tâche la requiert, une personne qui invente la langue, sa langue, notre langue.
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January 9, 2023Interessant essay over waar schrijvende vrouwen zoal tegen aan liepen en soms nog lopen. Met boeiende maar wel heel summiere schrijversportretten.
September 13, 2019
Fijn en leerzaam boek waarin veel vrouwelijke schrijfsters als het ware kort worden voorgesteld. Het is interessant om zo door de geschiedenis te bladeren en te lezen hoe vrouwen steeds meer vrijheid en erkenning opeisten.
September 14, 2008
a coffee table book w/ lovely pictures and some actual substance.
June 27, 2020
It's purty.
October 11, 2019
Superinteressant!
April 3, 2025
This is an interesting history of women writers, with curated mini-bios of the ones chosen to show how women writers developed and the influence they had in their respective generations. I liked the portraits, bits of manuscript, sometimes their home--all of it. The best part is you can read for a bit, put it down, and not lose anything because of the format. Very informative.
January 17, 2021
This is a book of biological blurbs of many significant women writers, which inspire me to dig into the writers' individual stories more deeply, explore their novels, essays, and other writings, and generally continue my tour of feminist literature.
December 13, 2022
Una lectura molt cómoda i recomfortable. Dona molts de noma d’escriptores que per desgràcia no coneixia, pero les biografies son molt ambigües i de menys d’una pàgina encara que sempre hi ha adjunt unes fotografies.
Molt recomanable per després poder investigar per compte teva.
Gràcies Marc.
Molt recomanable per després poder investigar per compte teva.
Gràcies Marc.
January 19, 2024
Me gustó mucho mucho más Las mujeres que leen son peligrosas. No acabó de ver claro el supuesto hilo conductor -que auguraba un absoluto deleite para cualquier amante de la le tura y la escritura. Pobre. Superficial. Estanco. Un poco decepción, porque esoeraba más y, aparte, otra cosa. Está bien, pero sin aspavientos.
November 12, 2018
4 1/4 stars
January 6, 2019
Rough translation into English and perhaps poorly edited, but a useful reference guide to the generations of female muses for writers today.
June 3, 2019
This book is gorgeous, with beautiful portraits of amazing women, and is a great addition to any feminist's collection.
I only gave it three stars though, because the editing wasn't great; many of the biographical pages weren't very well written, giving more indirect information than direct or relevant.
I only gave it three stars though, because the editing wasn't great; many of the biographical pages weren't very well written, giving more indirect information than direct or relevant.
March 5, 2023
Tellement intéressant…
March 24, 2019
Art plus writers plus women should equal an irresistible combination. The first book in this series, Women Who Read Are Dangerous was educational, visually stunning, and a joy to read. When I heard this book was coming out, I was ecstatic. Unfortunately, it doesn't come close to its predecessor.
The intro was my favorite part, as it discussed how, historically, many women achieved literary success in their later years, after their children were grown. It also talked about the battle between women and children, whether they had any, and how women came to dominate the children's book category. It was fascinating, and illuminated some new angles, but that was the only saving grace for this book.
The first letdown was this book wasn't about art at all. It was just about women writers. This isn't a bad thing, but it seriously messed with my reader's expectations. I was expecting to read about how art depicted women writing various mediums: letters, diaries, household accounts, articles, and eventually books. I was also hoping to read about how women affected the growth of various genres like gothic fiction and sensational fiction, but that was also not the case.
This book seriously suffered from a lack of direction. Some author profiles focused on the author's life. Some on their works. Others, one what their contemporaries thought of them. Worse, some profiles discussed other authors more than the one printed there on the page. For example, when Bollman talks about Astrid Lindgren, the creator of Pippi Longstocking, he spends half the page talking about Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley instead. As a result, I felt I didn't understand the women I was reading about. Not only that, I felt jolted around, like I was on an old roller coaster, unsure if it was safe for use. Overall, the information was incomplete, lacking, and severely disappointing.
Couple this with the fact that several, pioneering women weren't even included in this book, and I began to wonder if this book actually celebrated women writers at all. Mary Shelley is missing from its pages, aside from one line indicating she's the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft. Shelley birthed the science fiction genre! How could she not be included? Other notable women excluded from this book include Phillis Wheatley the African American poet, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton as the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize, George Eliot, Juana de la Cruz, and many more. Now, I understand that this book can only hold so many women, but because so many prominent women were missing, the women included felt like they only won because they were the author's favorites. It was some weird popularity contest that included a bunch of Eastern European women writers and frequent mentions of Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and Sylvia Plath. With all due respect to Ms. Plath, the only reason she was mentioned so often was because the author was fascinated by her suicide, and it got tiring really quickly.
Overall, only read this book if you want to learn about Eastern European women who kind of had an impact on the overall scheme of women writing. Otherwise, you're better off scouring Wikipedia for your favorite authors. You won't find them in this book.
The intro was my favorite part, as it discussed how, historically, many women achieved literary success in their later years, after their children were grown. It also talked about the battle between women and children, whether they had any, and how women came to dominate the children's book category. It was fascinating, and illuminated some new angles, but that was the only saving grace for this book.
The first letdown was this book wasn't about art at all. It was just about women writers. This isn't a bad thing, but it seriously messed with my reader's expectations. I was expecting to read about how art depicted women writing various mediums: letters, diaries, household accounts, articles, and eventually books. I was also hoping to read about how women affected the growth of various genres like gothic fiction and sensational fiction, but that was also not the case.
This book seriously suffered from a lack of direction. Some author profiles focused on the author's life. Some on their works. Others, one what their contemporaries thought of them. Worse, some profiles discussed other authors more than the one printed there on the page. For example, when Bollman talks about Astrid Lindgren, the creator of Pippi Longstocking, he spends half the page talking about Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley instead. As a result, I felt I didn't understand the women I was reading about. Not only that, I felt jolted around, like I was on an old roller coaster, unsure if it was safe for use. Overall, the information was incomplete, lacking, and severely disappointing.
Couple this with the fact that several, pioneering women weren't even included in this book, and I began to wonder if this book actually celebrated women writers at all. Mary Shelley is missing from its pages, aside from one line indicating she's the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft. Shelley birthed the science fiction genre! How could she not be included? Other notable women excluded from this book include Phillis Wheatley the African American poet, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton as the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize, George Eliot, Juana de la Cruz, and many more. Now, I understand that this book can only hold so many women, but because so many prominent women were missing, the women included felt like they only won because they were the author's favorites. It was some weird popularity contest that included a bunch of Eastern European women writers and frequent mentions of Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and Sylvia Plath. With all due respect to Ms. Plath, the only reason she was mentioned so often was because the author was fascinated by her suicide, and it got tiring really quickly.
Overall, only read this book if you want to learn about Eastern European women who kind of had an impact on the overall scheme of women writing. Otherwise, you're better off scouring Wikipedia for your favorite authors. You won't find them in this book.
February 27, 2017
"Het is een groot voorrecht meer tijd van leven te hebben, om de levenskunst te leren beheersen, wat misschien uit niets anders bestaat dan te ontdekken wat het beste bij je past."
Deze en nog andere prachtige citaten, van Bollmann en de vrouwen die schrijven / schreven / geschreven hebben ontleende ik aan dit boek.
Respect voor alle vrouwen die het taboe doorbraken, ontsnapten aan provincialisme, nijd en onderdrukking, en mee de weg geplaveid hebben zoals wij hem vandaag de dag als vrouw mogen kennen. En bedankt aan de man Bollmann die dit met respect voor zijn vrouwelijke voorgangers deed.
Deze en nog andere prachtige citaten, van Bollmann en de vrouwen die schrijven / schreven / geschreven hebben ontleende ik aan dit boek.
Respect voor alle vrouwen die het taboe doorbraken, ontsnapten aan provincialisme, nijd en onderdrukking, en mee de weg geplaveid hebben zoals wij hem vandaag de dag als vrouw mogen kennen. En bedankt aan de man Bollmann die dit met respect voor zijn vrouwelijke voorgangers deed.
October 11, 2018
This is a sequel to Women Who Read are Dangerous. This is a beautiful coffee table book that provides paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs of many famous women authors like Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and George Sand to the modern era with Dorothy Parker and Toni Morrison. Each of the authors' images is placed with a commentary about their lives and writing. I really enjoyed reading this.
March 2, 2018
Le titre en lui même très évocateur traduit littéralement l'ambiance de ce beau livre. Biographie de la femme écrivain et des risques qu'elle prend depuis le moyen âge pour émanciper sa pensée par le biais de sa plume.
Certains passages, pourtant véridiques, sont simplement hallucinants.
En parallèle de l'histoire de la femme et la plume, l'ouvrage nous présente les grands noms de la littérature féminine, de George Sand à Simone de Beauvoir en passant par Jane Austen, les sœurs Bronté, Agatha Christie, Ann Franck ou encore Marguerite Duras et Toni Morrison (tout ceci n'est qu'une petite partie du contenu présent dans le livre).
Chaque auteure a sa fiche avec sa mini biographie ainsi qu'une illustration/photographie. Différents thèmes découpent l'ouvrage tels que l'enfance, les militantes ou encore les femmes libres.
"Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement" est un beau livre à posséder, instructif et accessible !
Voir la chronique sur mon blog :
https://unbouquinsinonrien.blogspot.f...
Certains passages, pourtant véridiques, sont simplement hallucinants.
En parallèle de l'histoire de la femme et la plume, l'ouvrage nous présente les grands noms de la littérature féminine, de George Sand à Simone de Beauvoir en passant par Jane Austen, les sœurs Bronté, Agatha Christie, Ann Franck ou encore Marguerite Duras et Toni Morrison (tout ceci n'est qu'une petite partie du contenu présent dans le livre).
Chaque auteure a sa fiche avec sa mini biographie ainsi qu'une illustration/photographie. Différents thèmes découpent l'ouvrage tels que l'enfance, les militantes ou encore les femmes libres.
"Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement" est un beau livre à posséder, instructif et accessible !
Voir la chronique sur mon blog :
https://unbouquinsinonrien.blogspot.f...
May 22, 2017
On y est, on le dit. A l’origine, la littérature n’était pas un loisir pour les femmes. Leur devoir était plutôt dédié à l’entretien de la maison. C’est terrible quand on y pense. Les femmes, qui pensaient, effrayaient. Elles étaient trop sentimentales, trop de tout si on devait écouter les hommes de l’époque. Alors pour celles qui voulaient exprimer, par hasard ou par envie, leurs sentiments sur papier, elles devaient prendre soin à ne pas se faire prendre.
Suite de la critique sur Auria : Les femmes qui écrivent, la critique
Suite de la critique sur Auria : Les femmes qui écrivent, la critique
never-finished
January 8, 2021(2020. Pág. 47)
Con el recuerdo de Las mujeres, que leen, son peligrosas empecé este libro. Cuando leí este primero, tenía otro tipo de concentración. Se me ha notado, porque la forma de relatar creo que era la misma, pero no me entraba nada, no porque no fuera interesante, que conste, últimamente las biografías y yo tenemos una relación un poco tensa, espero que mejore con el tiempo, porque me gustaban.
Con el recuerdo de Las mujeres, que leen, son peligrosas empecé este libro. Cuando leí este primero, tenía otro tipo de concentración. Se me ha notado, porque la forma de relatar creo que era la misma, pero no me entraba nada, no porque no fuera interesante, que conste, últimamente las biografías y yo tenemos una relación un poco tensa, espero que mejore con el tiempo, porque me gustaban.
July 13, 2016
A gorgeous, illuminating, and inspiring book that I've long admired and now have read thanks to my mother-in-law who gave me a copy for my most recent birthday. How did I ever live without it? This is a book to browse through leisurely, while sipping tea or rose—some sort of refined beverage or choice. And it is a book to dip back into whenever one needs an infusion of courage to write or to to anything creative while being female.
August 30, 2016
Gefällt mir sehr gut! Hier lernt man viele Autorinnen der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart kennen.
Was mir gefällt hat war eine Auflistung von Romanen, die man nun lesen kann - allerdings kann ich das sehr einfach googlen :)
Empfehlenswerte Lektüre!
Was mir gefällt hat war eine Auflistung von Romanen, die man nun lesen kann - allerdings kann ich das sehr einfach googlen :)
Empfehlenswerte Lektüre!
July 27, 2007
This is a gorgeous book that features many lesser-known writers. If I could, I'd send it to all of my friends!
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