Anna Leonowens
Anna Leonowens (26 November 1831 – 19 Januari 1915) adalah penulis perjalanan, pendidik dan aktivis sosial asal Inggris. Ia dikenal karena pernah bekerja di Siam dari tahun 1862 hingga tahun 1868 dan mengajar anak-anak dan istri Mongkut, Raja Siam. Ia juga merupakan salah satu pendiri dari Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
Anna Leonowens | |
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Lahir | Ahmadnagar, India | 26 November 1831
Meninggal | 19 Januari 1915 Montreal, Québec, Kanada | (umur 83)
Referensi
- Bristowe, W. S. Louis and the King of Siam, Chatto & Windus, 1976, ISBN 0-7011-2164-5
- Dow, Leslie Smith. Anna Leonowens: A Life Beyond The King and I, Pottersfield Press, 1992, ISBN 0-919001-69-6
- Habegger, Alfred and Foley, Gerard. Anna and Thomas Leonowens in Western Australia, 1853-1857, State Records Office of Western Australia, Occasional Paper, March 2010 [1]
- Morgan, Susan. Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the King and I Governess, University of California Press, 2008 ISBN 978-0-520-25226-4
- Seni Pramoj dan Kukrit Pramoj. The King of Siam speaks ISBN 974-8298-12-4
Pranala luar
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Karya Anna Leonowens di Project Gutenberg
- The English Governess at the Siamese Court by Anna Harriette Leonowens di Proyek Gutenberg Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok, by Anna Leonowens, from Project Gutenberg.
- Anna Harriette Leonowens (1873). The Romance of the Harem. J.R. Osgood and company., from Google Books (PDF available).
- Louis T. Leonowens (Thailand) Ltd., the company founded by Leonowens's son.
- (Thai) "Anna Leonowens: Who says she's a compulsive liar?" Art and Culture Magazine
- (Thai) "Letter from 'King Mongkut' to 'Anna' from To to Dear and the case of 'Son Glin'. Art and Culture Magazine
- (Thai) "King Mongkut set up 'secret mission' disguising Sir John and Anna, hid Laos in Khmer" Art and Culture Magazine
- (Thai) "King Mongkut’s letters to Anna: When Madame Teacher plays political negotiator" Art and Culture Magazine