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Renée Vivien
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British poet who wrote in French
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Renée Vivien, born Pauline Mary Tarn in London in 1877, was a British poet and writer. She wrote in French and was associated with the Parnassian movement. Her literary career spanned from 1901 to 1909, during which she produced works such as *Brumes de fjords*, *À l'heure des Mains Jointes*, *La Dame à la louve*, *La dama de la lloba*, and *Haillons*. She resided in Paris, where she also worked.
Vivien was a lesbian and was married to Hélène van Zuylen and Natalie Clifford Barney. She died in Paris on November 18, 1909, from pneumonia. She is buried at Passy Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1877
- Died
- 1909
- Works
- 85
Top works
- Brumes de fjords
- À l'heure des Mains Jointes
- La Dame à la louve
- La dama de la lloba
- Haillons
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Key facts
- Born
- Pauline Mary Tarn , 11 June 1877, London, United Kingdom
- Died
- 18 November 1909 (1909-11-18) (aged 32), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Passy Cemetery, Paris, France
- Monuments
- Place Renée Vivien, Paris, France
- Occupation
- Poet
- Era
- Belle Epoque
- Partner s
- Natalie Barney (1900–1901), Hélène van Zuylen (1902–1907)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renée
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Natalie Clifford Barney
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Movement
- parnassianism
- Image
- Renée Vivien 1.png
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Passy Cemetery
- Commons category
- Renée Vivien
- date of birth
- 1877-06-11
- date of death
- 1909-11-18
- Commons Creator page
- Renée Vivien
- birth name
- Pauline Mary Tarn
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- writing language
- French
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- P8168
- Sedalia
- start of work period
- 1901-00-00
- end of work period
- 1909-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Renée Vivien (born Pauline Mary Tarn; 11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909) was a British poet who wrote in the French language. A high-profile lesbian writer in Paris during the Belle Époque era, she is widely considered to be one of the first noteworthy lesbian poets of the twentieth century. Her work has recently received more attention due to a revival of interest in Sapphic verse. Many of her poems are autobiographical, pertaining mostly to Baudelarian themes of extreme romanticism and frequent despair. Apart from poetry, she wrote several works of prose, including L'Etre Double (inspired by Coleridge's Christabel), and an unfinished biography of Anne Boleyn, which was published posthumously. She has also been the subject of multiple biographies, most notably those by Jean-Paul Goujon, André Germain [de], and Yves-Gerard Le Dantec [wd]. A novel based on her life was written by the Catalan poet Maria Mercè Marçal in 1994, and translated into English in 2020 as The Passion according to Renée Vivien.
Biography
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