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Benoîte Groult – Portrait of a Rebel

Benoîte Groult – Portrait of a Rebel

Posted by on Jun 30, 2016 in French Feminist Writers, French Literature, French Writers | 0 comments

The French feminist, novelist and author Benoîte Groult died on Monday 20 June 2016 in Hyères, southeastern France where she lived. The author’s daughter Blandine Caunes said, “She died in her sleep as she wanted, without suffering”, The author of Ainsi soit-elle was 96. The figure of Moïra, which was dear to Benoîte Groult, embodies...

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When the Poet took up Arms

When the Poet took up Arms

Posted by on Apr 9, 2016 in French Literature | 0 comments

In a frontline trench, Lieutenant William Kostrowitzky, alias Apollinaire, who became a French citizen only eight days ago, was reading Mercure de France when a burst of German shells wounded him in the temple and drops of blood stained Page 38 of Alfred Vallette’s literary review. It was around 4 pm on March 17, 1916, and the place was the forest of...

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