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Marie Gasquet

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Marie Gasquet
Marie Gasquet in 1919
Born1872
Died1960
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationNovelist
SpouseJoachim Gasquet
ParentMarius Girard
RelativesFrédéric Mistral (godfather)

Marie Gasquet (French pronunciation: [maʁi ɡaskɛ]; 1872–1960) was a French regionist writer from Provence.

Biography

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Early life

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Marie Gasquet was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône in 1872.[1] Her father, Marius Girard, was a Provençal poet.[1] Her godfather was Frédéric Mistral.[2]

Career

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She moved to Paris where she worked for Flammarion and became a successful novelist.[1] She was hailed as queen of the Felibrige in 1892.[1]

Personal life

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She was married to Joachim Gasquet, a friend of Paul Cézanne's.[3]

She died in 1960.

Bibliography

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  • Une Enfance provençale
  • Sainte Jeanne d'Arc ...
  • Ce que les femmes disent des femmes
  • Tante la Capucine
  • Une Fille de saint François
  • La Fête-Dieu
  • Capharnaüm
  • Le Métier de Pénélope
  • Sainte Bernadette de Lourdes
  • La vénérable Anne-Madeleine Remuzat

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Biography from the Saint-Remy-de-Provence website [1][permanent dead link]
  2. ^ William Sharp (Fiona Macleod), A Memoir Compiled by His Wife, ed. Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Duffield & Company, 1910, p. 327 [2]
  3. ^ Sidney Geist, Interpreting Cézanne, Harvard University Press, 1989, p. 27 [3]