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Sévigné, Marie de (1626 - 1696)

Short name Sévigné, Marie de
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/32002865/
First name Marie
Birth name Sévigné
Married name Sévigné
Alternative name Marie de Rabutin-Chantal — Marquise de Sévigné
Date of birth 1626
Date of death 1696
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Paris
Place of death Grignan
Lived in Paris
Place of residence notes
Claude Lefèbvre, portrait de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696)
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Aristocratic title Marquise
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Place(s) of Residence Paris (1626-None)
Author of
receptions circulations
Lettres [de Madame de Sévigné] (1734) 74 6
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Circulations of Sévigné, Marie de, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Sévigné, Marie de, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Claude Lefèbvre, portrait de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) 1665 is portrait of
ZZ* letter mentioning Sévigné Charrière, Isabelle de 1764 -
De invloed der vrouwen op de samenleving (art. in Elegantia) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1808 is biography of
Le La Rochefoucauld des dames [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1820 -
Frühling und die Frauen The Spring and the Women Moritz Gottlieb Saphir 1830 -
*Comment in private letter Varnhagen, Rahel 1830 comments on person
*Art. in de Arke Noach's Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1833 -
*Mention in art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1837 -
*Mention of Sevigné in De Prinses Orsini (story in De Gids) Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida 1843 -
Eloge de Madame de Sévigné Tastu, Amable 1843 comments on person
*Presented in schoolbook Kollewijn, Anthonie Marius 1853 comments on person
Vies des grands hommes Lamartine, Alphonse de 1855 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1863 -
Madame de Sévigné Lamartine, Alphonse de 1864 is biography of
*Mention in poem in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1864 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Kneppelhout, Johannes 1866 -
* Art. over Sévigné Tholl, Anne van der 1867 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1867 -
Presad na mydrost ili sbor ot Filosofski pouchitelni misli i nauka za vyzpitanieto detinsko i zanovouzheneni / Transplant of wisdom Transplant of wisdom or sum of Philosophical edifyingly thoughts and knowledge for education of children and just married Rachil Barak Dushanova 1869 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Alberdingk Thijm, Joseph Albert 1871 -
*Presented in schoolbook Pierson, Allard 1872 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Pierson, Allard 1873 -
*Mention in article in De Gids Knoop, Willem Jan 1874 -
Statistični listek Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1874 quotes person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Frederik Christiaan de Brieder 1876 -
*Mention of Sévigné in Art. in De Gids Marie Henriëtte Koorders - Boeke 1878 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Knoop, Willem Jan 1878 -
J.N. van Hall, *Mention in Art. in De Gids Jacob Nicolaas van Hall 1879 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Wolff, Dirk Engelbert Willem 1879 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Rooses, Max 1882 -
Female Suffrage La Ramée, Maria Louise de 1886 -
*Mention in Art. in de Gids Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack 1886 -
Madame de Sévigné Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
Märkvärdiga qvinnor. Serie 1, Utländska qvinnor. Remarkable women. Series 1, Foreign women Fries, Ellen 1890 is biography of
Mme de Sévigné J. Desplantes , P. Pouthier 1890 is biography of
*Mention in art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1890 -
Les Petits poëtes et littérateurs, contes historiques dédiés à la jeunesse, par Mme Eugénie Foa... Le Roi René, Christine de Pisan, Clément Marot, Mme de Sévigné, Fénelon, Daniel de Foe, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mme de Staël Foa, Eugénie 1890 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids H.J. Polak 1891 -
in *art.: Boekbeoordelingen (on Mary Augusta Ward) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1891 -
*Art. in Journal des Dames Kalliroi Parren 1896 -
Femeia in literatura [La femme en littérature] Scriban, Eugenia 1907 is biography of
Pregled glavnih zastopnic francoskega slovstva Overview of the Main Female Representatives of French Literature Debeljak, Anton 1912 -
*Presented in schoolbook C. Goedeljee 1917 comments on person
*Mention in: Annales de la dynastie russe Mihailova Vassileva, Ekaterina 1923 -

Mentioned in:
- La Porte 1769 (see hyperlink for list)
- Boudier de Villemert 1778
- Briquet 1804
- Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886
- Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886
- Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Mitterand, Littérature XVIIe 1987 p. 345-353
- Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "With the exception of eight letters, all the manuscripts of her letters were burnt with her daughter's [...]".
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 462, 485, 519.
- Debeljak, Pregled, 1912

Cf.
- Duchêne, R., Madame de Sévigné, ou la chance d'être femme. Paris, 1982
- Bonvalet, Nicole, "Lorsque les femmes lisent Madame de Sévigné", in Oeuvres & Critiques V-1 (1980), p. 121-142. p. 121: "Les femmes de lettres [..] se sont généralement attiré beaucoup plus de fervents admirateurs parmi les critiques de l'autre sexe; un simple coup d'oeil aux bibliographies consacrées à Christine de Pisan, Marguerite de Navarre, Louis [sic] Labé, Madeleine de Scudéry, George Sand, Colette et bien d'autres suffirait à nous en convaincre. Madame de Sévigné, à cet égard, constitue une notable exception. "
- Montfort Howard, Catherine, Les Fortunes de Madame de Sévigné au XVIIème et XVIIIème siècles. Tübingen/Paris, Gunter Narr/Jean-Michel Place, 1982.

Paris 05-02-1626 - Grignan 17-04-1696. Lived in: Paris, Grignan, Les Rochers.
Married 1644. Widowed 1651. One daughter (Françoise-Marguerite), one son (Charles).
Husband was killed in a duel.

KLK 1904

Cf. Gothenburg2020: Van Dijk-Rombouts