Leprince de Beaumont, Marie (1711 - 1780)

Short name Leprince de Beaumont, Marie
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First name Marie
Birth name Leprince de Beaumont
Married name Beaumont
Date of birth 1711
Date of death 1780
Flourishing 1748 -
Sex Female
Place of birth Rouen
Place of death France
Lived in France
Place of residence notes
Unknown maker (possibly Jean-Baptiste Leprince), portrait of Madame Leprince de Beaumont, 17XX, miniature on ivory, private collection
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Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title Novelist, educator
Leprince de Beaumont, Marie was ...
related to Montagu, Elizabeth
related to Boccage, Anne-Marie Le Page du
correspondent Gabrielle Emilie du Châtelet
correspondent Graffigny, Françoise de
correspondent Voltaire
sibling Leprince, Jean-Baptiste
family: non-household Prosper Mérimée
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Place(s) of Residence France
Author of
Receptions of Leprince de Beaumont, Marie, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
*Mention in De Nederlandsche Letter-Courant Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1759 None
ZZZEntretiens, drames et contes moraux, à l'usage des enfants Bouée, Marie-Elisabeth 1779 comments on person
Sketches of the lives and writings of the ladies of France Thicknesse, Ann 1780 comments on person
*Art. in Stockholms Posten Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1785 comments on person
*Reception of Leprince de Beaumont Alorna, Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre 1800 comments on person
De l'Influence des femmes Mongellaz, Fanny 1828 is biography of
Johann und Marie, oder die zwei verlassende Kinder, unter den Negern Eine wahrhafte Geschichte für gefühlvolle Herzen Leprince de Beaumont, Marie 1830 is translation of
Unknown maker (possibly Jean-Baptiste Leprince), portrait of Madame Leprince de Beaumont, 17XX, miniature on ivory, private collection None is portrait of
Mentioned in: - La Porte 1769 IV, 364-466 (see hyperlink for list) - Boudier de Villemert 1779 - Briquet 1804 - Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921 - Coulet, Le Roman jusqu'à la Révolution, p.434 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Education at Convent of Ernemont, which, unusually for the period, specialized in preparing young women for teaching". - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, 37
- Grandmother of author Prosper Mérimée. - voir G. Artigas-Menant, Lumières clandestines. Les papiers de Thomas Pichon. Paris, Champion, 2001, pp. 53-67; 157-166: -- p. 54: "il reste beaucoup de mystères à éclaircir sur ce personnage réellement extraordinaire et trop mal connu" -- p. 56: mariage en 1737 avec Claude Antoine Malter -- p. 57: vivait avec un nommé Beaumont en 1750 -- p. 60: en 1757 mariée avec Thomas Pichon (Tyrrell) à Londres. pour les circonstances et les détails voir les passages en question, pour lesquels Artigas se base sur les "Papiers Pichon". se méfier des autres biographies, qui se seraient basées sur des interprétations trop rapides ou erronées. 8 April 1750 Leprince de Beaumont went to Montagu's salon, where she also met Anne-Marie du Boccage, who noted it in her Lettres anglaises (Robain, Mme Leprince de Beaumont intime, 2004, p. 45) svdoct11 MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p. 35ss: critique of institutional marriage According to Catriona Seth, birth name is only Marie.