Judith Gautier
Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. • Illustration — Judith Gautier, John Singer Sargent, 1885 She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him and had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876. She collaborated with Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in writing a play, La fille du ciel (1912; English, The Daughter of Heaven), translated and produced under their personal supervision at the Century Theatre, New York City. She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes.
Judith Gautier
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- Name
- Judith Gautier
- Born
- 25 August 1845
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 26 December 1917
- Place of death
- France
- Spouse
- Catulle Mendès
- Full name
- Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, translator, poet, singer, novelist and sinologist.
- Teachers
- Ding Dunling.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour, Alfred Née Award, prize Maillé Latour Landry and Prix Lambert.
- Languages
- French, Chinese and Japanese.
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Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. • Illustration — Judith Gautier, John Singer Sargent, 1885 She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him and had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876. She collaborated with Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in writing a play, La fille du ciel (1912; English, The Daughter of Heaven), translated and produced under their personal supervision at the Century Theatre, New York City. She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes.
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Her translations were among the earliest to bring Chinese and Japanese poetry to the attention of modern European poets. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt (1910–17).
Judith Gautier
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Key facts
• Name — Judith Gautier • Born — 25 August 1845 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 26 December 1917 • Place of death — France • Genre — Poetry, historical literature • Spouse — Catulle Mendès • Partner — Richard Wagner (1876)
Works
Works
• Illustration — Mémoires d'un éléphant blanc • Le livre de jade (Paris, 1867) (extended edition Paris, 1902) • Le Dragon Impérial (1869) • L'Usurpateur (1875) • Isoline et La Fleur-Serpent (1882) (translated by Brian Stableford as Isoline and the Serpent-Flower (2013)) • La Reine de Bangalore (1887) • Les Princesses d'Amours (Paris, 1900) • Le Collier des Jours (Paris, 1902) • Le Paravent: De Soie et D'Or (Paris, 1904) • L’Avare Chinois, an adaptation of a Yuan zaju (Chinese opera) Khan thsian-nou by Zheng Tingyu (Paris, 1908):130 • Mémoires d'un Éléphant Blanc (The Memoirs of a White Elephant), illustrations by Alphonse Mucha (children's book)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Judith Gautier was recorded at birth as Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier. She also worked under the names Judith Walter and F. Her recorded languages were French, Chinese and Japanese. She was the child of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi. She married Catulle Mendès. Other recorded relations include Édouard Bénédictus and Carlotta Grisi.
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Identity
Judith Gautier is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Alfred Née Award and prize Maillé Latour Landry. Gautier received Knight of the Legion of Honour, Alfred Née Award, prize Maillé Latour Landry and Prix Lambert.
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1845
Judith Gautier born at Paris.
1917
Judith Gautier died at Dinard.
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