Gay, Sophie (1776 - 1852)

Short name Gay, Sophie
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First name Sophie
Birth name Gay
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Date of birth 1776
Date of death 1852
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Sex Female
Place of birth Paris
Place of death Paris
Lived in France
Place of residence notes
Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Marie Françoise Sophie Nichault de la Valette, épouse Gay, circa 1801, Collections du Louvre, Paris
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Children Gay, Delphine
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Gay, Sophie was ...
related to Gay, Delphine
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Place(s) of Residence France
Receptions of Gay, Sophie, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
*Mention in Euphrosyne Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1832 comments on person
*Art. in Vaderlandse Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1837 None
*Art. in het Leeskabinet Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1838 None
*Mention in Art. in de Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1839 None
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Femmes de France Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Marie Françoise Sophie Nichault de la Valette, épouse Gay, circa 1801, Collections du Louvre, Paris None is portrait of
MENTIONED IN: - Briquet 1804 - Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886 - Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921 - Makward/Cottenet-Hage - Buck, Guide to women's writing, 1992: "Published her first novel without initially acknowledging authorship". - Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du Lundi, IV, 66 et 67(Jose Luis Diaz, "Sainte-Beuve chez les Muses", in Romantisme no 77, 1992, p.78 et p. 79 n.9) Cf. - Chantal Bertrand-Jennings, Un autre mal du siècle. Le romantisme des romancières, 1800-1846. Toulouse 2005.
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.99: rearticulating feminist claims