Julia Daudet

Julia Daudet
Portrait of Julia Daudet in 1875 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Portrait of Julia Daudet in 1875 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
BornJulia Allard
(1844-07-13)13 July 1844
Paris, France
Died23 April 1940(1940-04-23) (aged 95)
Paris, France
Pen nameKarl Steen
OccupationWriter, poet, journalist, literary critic
NationalityFrench
Spouse
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(m. 1867; died 1897)​
ChildrenEdmée Daudet
Léon Daudet
Lucien Daudet

Julia Daudet, born Julia Allard (13 July 1844 – 23 April 1940),[1] was a French writer, poet and journalist. She was the wife and collaborator of Alphonse Daudet, mother of Léon Daudet, Lucien Daudet and Edmée Daudet.

Biography

Julia Allard grew up in the Marais neighbourhood in Paris, France. Her parents were interested in literature and hosted a salon frequented by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore.[2][3] Julia published a collection of poetry when she was 17 years old under the name Marguerite Tournay.

On 29 January 1867 she married Alphonse Daudet and became his collaborator.[4] The couple had a summer home in Champrosay[5] that is now a cultural centre.[6] Julia Daudet was also known for her salon in Paris, which was famous for its Thursday receptions,[7] attended by writers and poets such as Edmond de Goncourt, Hélène Vacaresco, Maurice Barrès, Émile Zola, Édouard Drumont, Rosemonde Gérard-Rostand, Guy de Maupassant, Ernest Renan, Arthur Meyer, Léon Gambetta and Rachilde. She published articles in many journals, including the Journal Officiel, as a literary critic under the pseudonym "Karl Steen".[8] She was an active member of the jury of the Prix Fémina, which gave her a venue to continue her literary activity after the death of her husband Alphonse Daudet in 1897.[9]

In 1913, through her son Lucien Daudet, who was a good friend of Marcel Proust, she was one of the first readers of the manuscript of Remembrance of Things Past. She was immediately taken with the text and encouraged the author to persevere at a time when he was doubting his talent, since the novel had been rejected by many editors. In 1922 she became a chevalier of the Legion of honour.[10] She died in Paris at the age of 95.

Works

  • L'enfance d'une Parisienne, 1883[11]
  • Enfants et mères…, Lemerre, 1889
  • Poésies, Lemerre, 1895
  • Reflets sur le sable et sur l'eau, Lemerre, 1903
  • Miroirs et mirages, Fasquelle, 1905[12]
  • Au bord des terrasses, Lemerre, 1907
  • Souvenirs autour d'un groupe littéraire, Charpentier, 1910
  • Quand Odile saura lire, Crès, 1919
  • Journal de famille et de guerre, 1914–1919, Fasquelle, 1920
  • Lumières et reflets, Lemerre, 1920[13]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Daudet, Julia. BnF Catalogue général. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Fédération Française du Lyceum Club International". lyceumfrance.org/Julia-DAUDET. 5 April 2012.
  3. ^ Alexander Yale Kroff (1936). Jouve & cie (ed.). Alphonse Daudet et la Provence. p. 48.
  4. ^ Ripoll, Roger (2012). "Julia Daudet collaboratrice de son mari". Le Petit Chose. 101 (101): 61–73. doi:10.3406/lepec.2012.1256. ISSN 0183-4681.
  5. ^ Kuntz, Bernard. "Alphonse Daudet et Julia". peniche.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ^ "La Maison d'Alphonse Daudet".
  7. ^ George Painter, Marcel Proust, Paris, Mercure de France, tome I, p. 244, 1966
  8. ^ Leclerc, Yvan. "Gustave Flaubert - études critiques - Trois contes - Julia Daudet". flaubert.univ-rouen.fr.
  9. ^ Irvine, Margot (2012). "Les collaborations littéraires de Julia Daudet". Le Petit Chose. 101 (101): 75–87. doi:10.3406/lepec.2012.1257. ISSN 0183-4681.
  10. ^ dossier sur la base Léonore
  11. ^ Daudet, Julia. L'enfance d'une Parisienne / par Mme Alphonse Daudet. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Daudet, Julia (2 October 2018). Miroirs et mirages / Mme Alphonse Daudet. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Daudet, Julia (2 October 2018). Lumières et reflets / Madame A. Daudet. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)