Rachilde
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Rachilde () was the pen name and preferred identity of novelist and playwright Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (11 February 1860 – 4 April 1953). Born near Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire, Rachilde went on to become a Symbolist author and one of the most prominent women in literature associated with the Decadent movement of fin de siècle France.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1860
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 90
Top works
- Les accords perdus
- Survie
- La femme du 199e
- La fille inconnue
- L'homme roux
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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- Rachilde
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- Marguerite Eymery
- Writer.birth_place
- Château-l'Évêque, France
- Writer.death_place
- Paris, France
- Writer.occupation
- novelist and playwright
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- Writer.notable_works
- Monsieur Vénus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marguerite
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Château-l'Évêque
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Alfred Vallette
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Rachilde.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rachilde
- date of birth
- 1860-02-11
- date of death
- 1953-04-04
- pseudonym
- Rachilde
- birth name
- Marguerite Eymery
- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- writing language
- French
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- Commons Creator page
- Rachilde
- name in native language
- Rachilde
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life
- Adult life in Paris
- Gender and sexuality
- Writing
- Novels
- Drama
- Poetry and short fiction
- Non-fiction
- Influence and legacy
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Rachilde () was the pen name and preferred identity of novelist and playwright Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (11 February 1860 – 4 April 1953). Born near Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire, Rachilde went on to become a Symbolist author and one of the most prominent women in literature associated with the Decadent movement of fin de siècle France.
A diverse and challenging author, Rachilde's most famous work includes the darkly erotic novels Monsieur Vénus (1884), La Marquise de Sade (1887), and La Jongleuse (1900). She also wrote a 1928 monograph on gender identity, Pourquoi je ne suis pas féministe ("Why I am not a Feminist"). Her work was noted for being frank, fantastical, and always with a suggestion of autobiography underlying questions of gender, sexuality, and identity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rachilde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.