Judith Gautier
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Judith Gautier | |
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| Born | 25 August 1845 Paris, France |
| Died | 26 December 1917 (aged 72) France |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | Poetry, historical literature |
| Spouse | Catulle Mendès |
| Partner | Richard Wagner (1876) |
Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi.[1]

She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him and had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876. She collaborated with Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in writing a play, La fille du ciel (1912; English, The Daughter of Heaven), translated and produced under their personal supervision at the Century Theatre, New York City.[2] She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes.[1] Her translations were among the earliest to bring Chinese and Japanese poetry to the attention of modern European poets. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt (1910–17).
Works
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- Le livre de jade (Paris, 1867) (extended edition Paris, 1902)
- Le Dragon Impérial (1869)
- L'Usurpateur (1875)
- Isoline et La Fleur-Serpent (1882) (translated by Brian Stableford as Isoline and the Serpent-Flower (2013), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
- La Reine de Bangalore (1887)
- Les Princesses d'Amours (Paris, 1900)
- Le Collier des Jours (Paris, 1902)
- Le Paravent: De Soie et D'Or (Paris, 1904)[3]
- L’Avare Chinois, an adaptation of a Yuan zaju (Chinese opera) Khan thsian-nou by Zheng Tingyu (Paris, 1908)[4]:130
- Mémoires d'un Éléphant Blanc (The Memoirs of a White Elephant), illustrations by Alphonse Mucha (children's book)[5]
Further reading
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References
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- ^ "Loti-Gautier Play at Century Theatre", The New York Times, October 13, 1912.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Works by Judith Gautier at Project Gutenberg
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- Works by Judith Gautier at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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