Maria Louise Ramé | |
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Born | Bury St. Edmunds, England | 1 January 1839
Died | 25 January 1908 Viareggio, Italy | (aged 69)
Pen name | Ouida |
Occupation | novelist |
Nationality | French-English |
Period | 1863–1908 |
Ouida was the pen name of the English writer Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). Ramé was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, to a French father and an English mother. Her pen name came from the way she pronounced her name when she was a child. view more...