Joséphine Colomb

Colomb died in 1892.

• Name — Joséphine Colomb • Pen Name — * Mme J. Colomb • Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb • Birth Name — Joséphine-Blanche Bouchet • Born — 4 February 1833 • Birthplace — La Roche-sur-Yon, France • Died — 17 September 1892 • Place of death — Villerville, France • Occupation — * children's writer • lyricist • translator • Language — * French • Italian • Notable Works — * La fille de Carilès • Ensemble de son œuvre • Awards — * Montyon Prize • Jules-Favre Prize

Joséphine-Blanche Bouchet was born in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée), 1833. Her parents were Louis (1785-1866), a doctor of medicine, and Marie Anne Julienne Perrine (Langlais) Bouchet (1790-1859). After her marriage on 14 November 1859 to Louis-Casimir Colomb (1834-1890), an academic, illustrator and writer, she signed her works "Mme J. Colomb" or "Mme Louis-Casimir Colomb". Her books for young people were published in the "Bibliothèque des écoles et des familles" (Library of schools and families) collection of Hachette editions in Paris. Instead of featuring the usual orphans or unfortunate teenagers common in late 19th century works of juvenile fiction, Colomb constructed characters with minds of their own who often intelligently challenged adult authority. She also published Les Béatitudes, a versified version of the Beatitudes, with music by César Franck. Joséphine Colomb died in Villerville (Calvados), 1892.

• La Fille de Carilès / Le Petit Prince Ulrich / Nedji la bohémienne / La Bonne Mitche, illustrated by Adrien Marie, 1874. • Le Violoneux de la sapinière, illustrated by Adrien Marie, 1874. • "L' héritière de Vauclain", illustrated by C. Delort, 1879. • Le Sansonnet de Madame Duysens / Le Maître de Papillon / Le Prix d'honneur, 1882. • Denis le Tyran, 1883. • Contes vrais, 1884. • Simples Récits (Marianne Button / Le Matin et le Soir / Les Consolateurs d'Hassan etc.), 1885. • Hervé Plémeur, illustrated by E. Zier, 1886. • Histoires de tous les jours, 1890. • Les Filles du fermier, 1891. • Une nichée de pinsons, 1895. • Deux Mères, illustrated by Adrien Marie, (n.d.). • Contes pour les enfants, (n.d.). • Histoires et proverbes, (n.d.). • L'Ours de neige, (n.d.). • Petites Nouvelles, (n.d.).

• Illustration — Constantinople (1878) • De ma fenêtre, novel by Grazia Pierantoni-Mancini • Constantinople, by Edmondo De Amicis • L'Espagne, by Edmondo de Amicis • Souvenirs de Paris et de Londres, by Edmondo De Amicis