Rachilde

Marguerite Eymery, known as Rachilde, was born on 11 February 1860 near Périgueux, the daughter of a career officer. She published her first texts in the local press of the Dordogne, then came to live in the capital. In 1889, she married Alfred Vallette, with whom she ran a major literary review: as critic and adviser, she held a salon there every Tuesday where the writers of her time met. She supported several authors of the younger generation. She died in Paris on 4 April 1953.

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• NovelMonsieur VénusRachilde · 1884Literature