Eugenie Foa was a French writer.

Eugenie Foa (born Esther-Eugenie Rodrigues-Henriques) was by descent a Sephardi Jewess, her mother being a member of the Gradis family, and both parents being members of the Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 Jewish community. On the death of her father in 1826, the family moved to Paris. Eugenie married young, but after leaving her husband Joseph Foa shortly after their wedding, she began to support herself by writing, at times using the nom de plume

Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...

 "Maria Fitzclarence." Foa's books include:

• Le kidouschim (The Kiddushim) (1830)
• La Juive: histoire des temps de la régence (two volumes, 1835)
• Les Mémoirés d'un polichinelle (1839)
• Le petit Robinson de Paris (1840)
• Le vieux Paris (1840)

Her sister, Leonie, was the wife of composer Fromental Halévy

Fromental Halévy

Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy , was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.-Early career:...

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See also

• Hans Brinker The story about a Dutch boy who saves his country by putting his finger in a leaking dike is attributed to Eugenie Foa.

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