Marie Gasquet

Marie Gasquet (1872–1960), was a French regionist writer born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was hailed as queen of the Felibrige in 1892^[1].

Biography

Marie Gasquet was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in 1872. Her father, Marius Girard, was a Provençal poet^[1]. Her godfather was Frédéric Mistral^[2]. She moved to Paris where she worked for Flammarion and became a successful novelist^[1].

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

Bibliography

• 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

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

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