Jehanne d'Orliac (25 May 1883 – 26 August 1974) was a French writer,

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and poet from

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Life

d'Orliac was born in

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in 1883, with a father in the military and she moved around during her childhood settling in

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in 1894. Four years later the family returned to France. She discovered a love for history and began to write. When she was 22, her play ''François Villon'' was performed in Paris and well received. It was performed again by the

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in 1906. In 1907, her new play ''Joujou tragique'' and this attracted further interest. In 1909,

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paid tribute to her writing "Vous avez un talent bien net et non énervé dont je vous félicite en me déclarant votre admirateur." She was influenced by Étienne-François de Choiseul. In 1934, she wrote a biography of the 15th century French Duchess Yolande d'Anjou which proved important as she used sources that were lost during the second World War. In 1938, she lived in

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, where she gave lectures about

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, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, the

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and the campaign of

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. She died on 26 August 1974 and her own works were granted to Conseil général d'Indre-et-Loire on 30 April 1976.

Selected works

*''François Villon'', 1905 * ''Joujou tragique'', 1907 *''Lady Chatterly's Second Husband'', 1935

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orliac, Jehanne d' 1883 births 1974 deaths French historical novelists Knights of the Legion of Honour French women poets 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French poets 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French women writers