Henriette Sauret

• Name — Henriette Sauret • Born — 1890 • Died — 1976 • Occupation — author, poet, journalist, feminist, pacifist, literary critic • Language — French • Genre — political articles, poetry • Subject — anti-war • Parents — Henry Sébastien Sauret • Spouse — André Arnyvelde

Henriette Sauret was born in 1890. Her father was Général Henry Sébastien Sauret. Henriette married the journalist André Arnyvelde. Sauret was a contributor to Le Dimanche illustré, and La Fronde, as well as a regular political contributor to La Voix des femmes, Her poetry was published in L'œil de veau. In 1918 and again in the following year, Sauret published two volumes of war-related poetry, Les Forces détournées (Diverted Strengths) and L'Amour à la Géhenne (Love in Gehenna), whose theme was the deleterious impact that war has on women. Along with Jeanne Bouvier and Andre Mariani (Marie-Louise Bouglé's husband), Sauret was associated with the Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque Marie-Louise Bouglé. She was also a member of the French Union for Women's Suffrage. She was referred to as a radical feminist when in 1919, she spoke about bobbed women's hair as "a gesture of independence; a personal endeavor". Henriette Sauret died in 1976. Erik Satie dedicated his Observations d'un imbécile (Moi) to Sauret.

• Je respire, 1913 • Les forces détournées, 1914-1917, 1918 • L'amour à la géhenne: poème, 1919 • Isadora Duncan, impératrice errante, 1928 • Le Laurier de la vallée, 1933 • Une apôtre sociale: Marie-Louise Bouglé, 1938 • Des Roses! Poésie d' Henriette Sauret