Prix Femina
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Edition 7 (1910) Winner
Marguerite Audoux
マルグリット・オードゥー
Maruguritto Ōdū
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1863-07-07 （Sancoins, Cher）
- Died
- 1937-01-31 （Saint-Raphaël, Var） age 73
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Sologne → Paris → Saint-Raphaël
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, seamstress, shepherdess, farm worker
- Active Years
- 1910-1937
- Influenced By
- Octave Mirbeau, Charles-Louis Philippe, Léon-Paul Fargue
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Marie-Claire
1910 Autobiographical novelAutobiographical account of orphanage, farm life as shepherdess, and move to Paris.
orphanhoodpovertylovelabor
Translations
- John N. Raphael translation (1911)
L’Atelier de Marie-Claire
1920 NovelSocial portrait of life in a sewing workshop.
laborfamilypoverty
De la ville au moulin
1926 NovelFamily strife leads to uncle's mill, love and hardships.
familywarlove
Douce Lumière
1937 NovelTragic upbringing and love story, published posthumously.
losslovetrauma
Bibliography
- Marie-Claire (1910)
- L’Atelier de Marie-Claire (1920)
- De la ville au moulin (1926)
- Douce Lumière (1937)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- autobiographicalsimple style
- Recurring Motifs
- povertywomen's hardshipsrural life
Health
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sterility1883以降Permanent sterility from difficult childbirth
Legacy
Success with debut Marie-Claire, but later works modest.
Trivia
- Orphaned at 3, spent 9 years in Bourges orphanage
- Moved to Paris in 1881, lived in poverty
- Entered literary circles via niece Yvonne