Alcott

Japanese: オルコット
Alcott
American female writer. Daughter of the innovative educator and thinker AB Alcott (1799-1888). She began her career as a writer after working as a teacher and nurse. Many of her works are family novels that praise the spirit of democratic freedom, and her most famous works include Little Women and An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870).

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Japanese:
米国の女性作家。革新的な教育者,思想家A.B.オルコット〔1799-1888〕の娘。教師,看護婦などをしながら文筆の道に入った。作品には,民主主義的な自由の精神をたたえた家庭小説が多く,代表作は《若草物語》,《昔気質の一少女》(1870年)など。

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