Marie Régnier

Marie Régnier (July 11, 1840 in Paris – March 18, 1887 in Paris) was a French writer; a friend of Gustave Flaubert, she exchanged many letters with him.

She wrote under the penname of Daniel Darc.[1]

Life

Born Marie-Sidonie Serrure, she married in 1861 Raoul-Emmanuel Régnier, a doctor, and went to live with him at Mantes-la-Jolie; she came back to live in Paris in 1881.[2][1]

She was a regular contributor to the daily newspaper Le Figaro.[1]

Works

Illustration by Félix et Frédéric Régamey from Daniel Darc's book, La Princesse Méduse (Paris, 1880)

References

  1. ^ a b c P. Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle : français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique.... T. 17 Suppl. 2, s.v.
  2. ^ G. Flaubert, Œuvres complètes (2014), p. 6687.

Bibliography

  • Émile Gérard-Gailly, Flaubert et Daniel Darc (1934) (22p.) (second edition in Le grand amour de Flaubert (1944), p. 229-256)