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Renée Marie Gouraud dʻAblancourt

Renée Marie Gouraud d’Ablancourt, née Marie Renée Joséphine Meslet ((1853-10-01)October 1, 1853 - (1941-05-13)May 13, 1941)[1] is a French writer of romance novel, historical fiction and science fiction.

Renée Marie Gouraud d’Ablancourt
Born(1853-10-01)October 1, 1853
Angers
DiedMay 13, 1941(1941-05-13) (aged 87)
La Meignanne
Other namesRené d'Anjou
Occupationwriter
Known forL'Oiselle
Notable workL'Oiselle

She went by the pen name Renée Marie Gouraud d'Ablancourt, partly using her marital name (her spouse was Georges François Marie Lucien Gouraud en 1872) and partly her mother's (Julie Clotilde Emerance Perrot d'Ablancourt).

She also wrote under various pen names as René D’Anjou, Pierre d’Anjou, or Perrot D’blancourt, as a reference to her origins in the ancient region of Anjou.

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Véga la magicienne, the super heroine of L'Oiselle[2] on the original cover of the 1912 edition.

Renée Marie Gouraud d'Ablancourt, whose birth name was Marie Renée Joséphine Meslet, was born on the 1rst of October 1853 in Angers, at 3 de la Rue Belle-Poignée. Her parents were René François Meslet, a landsowner from Savennières, and Julie Perrot d'Ablancourt, daughter of an officer of the army of Anjou, Jean Perrot d’Ablancourt.[3] Renée d'Anjou started to write stories at age 14 or 15 and seems to have invented herself an aristocrat ligneage.[4]

On 17 July 1872, Renée married Georges Gouraud, a wealthy industrialist from Nantes (owner of Papeteries de Chantenay). The couple first settled in Limoges before returning to live in Anjou, at the Château de La Filotière, which Renée was particularly fond of and where she would, much later, spend the rest of her life. They had four children: Renée (1873), Paul (1874), Marie Clotilde (1876) and Marie Cécile (1878).[3]

 
Castle Plessis Macé in 2007.

In 1888, the couple bought the Plessis-Macé Castle [fr], in which they lived until 1908.[5] The family also had a pied-à-terre in Paris and Renée became a very popular figure in Parisian society life. Thanks to the patronage of novelists Henri de Bornier and Eugène Muller [fr], Renée Gouraud d'Ablancourt became a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres in 1899.[6]

Renée Gouraud d'Ablancourt died on 13 May 1941 at the Château de La Filotière in La Meignanne.

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Renée Gouraud d'Ablancourt published many short stories and popular novels, with Christian publishers, regional newspapers and fashion magazines. She was published by Hirt, La Librairie des saints pères, J. Siraudeau in Angers.[7]

L'Oiselle, a French super hero

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In 1909, she published the stories of L'Oiselle,[8] or Véga de Ortega, in La Mode du Petit Journal (supplement). She was transformed into a superheroine by her Lady-Bird costume, a suit with artificial wings that allowed her to fly over Paris, where she carried out her adventures. She has a whole range of gadgets, including a night vision system and pills that kept her awake at night.[9] Her stories were republished in 1912 under the title Véga la magicienne.[4][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Renée Gouraud D'Ablancourt". www.noosfere.org (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Reyns-Chikuma, Chris (2015-05-09). "Xavier Fournier, Super-héros: une histoire française". Belphégor. Littérature populaire et culture médiatique (in French) (13–1). doi:10.4000/belphegor.566. ISSN 1499-7185.
  3. ^ a b Nicolas-Delavigne, Françoise (2 April 2022). "Renée Marie Gouraud d'Ablancourt (1853-1941), une romancière angevine". Feuilles d'Ardoise (in French).
  4. ^ a b Croquet, Pauline (2022-04-01). "Oubliée pendant un siècle, L'Oiselle, première superhéroïne française, reprend son envol". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Nicolas-Delavigne, Françoise. "Renée Marie Gouraud d'Ablancourt (1853-1941), une romancière angevine". feuillesdardoise.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ Constans, Ellen (2007). Ouvrières des lettres. Médiatextes (in French). Limoges: PULIM. ISBN 978-2-84287-440-7.
  7. ^ Ryner, Han (1890). Le massacre des amazones : études critiques sur deux cents bas-bleus contemporains (in French). University of Ottawa. Paris : Chamuel.
  8. ^ Fournier 2014.
  9. ^ Monnery, Romain (7 December 2016). "Super français : les héros qui attendent leur série". Medium and Arte (in French). Retrieved 17 July 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Rhône. Lyon, place forte des super-héros français". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

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