Jeanne Lapauze

"Daniel Lesueur"

Daniel Lesueur was the nom de plume of Jeanne Lapauze, née Loiseau (6 March 1854 – 3 January 1921), a French poet and novelist. Her pen name is a combination of one of her maternal ancestors Daniel O'Connell and the maiden name of her mother, Marie Henriette Lesueur.

Career overview

Jeanne Lapauze was born in Batignolles-Monceau. Her volume of poems, Fleurs d'avril (1882), was crowned by the Académie française. She also wrote powerful novels dealing with contemporary life. Her poems were collected in 1882 [Fleurs d'Avril], 1884 [Sursum corda!] and 1895 [Rêves et Visions]. She published in 1905 a book on the economic status of women: L'Evolution feminine; and in 1891-1893 a two volume translation of the works of Lord Byron, which was awarded another prize by the Académie.

Her Masque d'amour, a five-act play based on her novel (1904) of the same name, was produced at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in 1905. She received the ribbon of the Legion of Honor in 1900 and 1913, and the Prix Vitet from the French Academy in 1905. She married in 1904 Henry Lapauze, a well-known writer on art and the conservateur of the Petit Palais.

Works

Novels

• Le mariage de Gabrielle (1882, awarded the Montyon prize by the Académie française)
• L’amant de Geneviève (1883)
• Marcelle, étude parisienne (1885)
• Un mystérieux amour (1886)
• Amour d’aujourd’hui (1888)
• L’Auberge des Saules (1890)
• Névrosée (1890)
• Une vie tragique (1890)
• Passion slave (1892)
• Justice de femme (1893)
• Haine d’amour (1894)
• À force d’aimer (1895)
• Invincible charme (1897)
• Comédienne (1898, awarded the Jouy prize by the Académie française)
• Lèvres closes (1898)
• Au-delà de l’amour (1899)
• La Fleur de joie (1900)
• Lointaine Revanche (1900)
• L’Or sanglant (1900)
• La Fleur de Joie (1900)
• Fiancée d’outre-mer. Péril d’amour. Justice mondaine. Une mère (1901)
• L’Honneur d’une femme (1901)
• Mortel secret (1902)
• Lys Royal (1902)
• Le Meurtre d’une âme (1902)
• Le Cœur chemine (1903)
• Le masque d'amour (1904)
• Le Marquis de Valcor (1904)
• Madame de Ferneuse (1904)
• La Force du passé (1905)
• Calvaire de femme (1907)
• Fils de l’amant (1907)
• Madame l’ambassadrice (1907)
• Nietzschéenne (1907)
• Le droit à la force (1909)
• Du sang dans les ténèbres (1910)
• Flaviana princesse (1910)
• Chacune son rêve (1910)
• Une âme de vingt ans (1911)
• Au tournant des jours (1913)

Other

• Fleurs d’avril (1882, awarded the Montyon prize by the Académie française)
• Sursum corda! (1885, awarded the Grand Prize by the Académie française)
• Rêves et visions. Souvenirs; Visions divines; Visions antiques; Sonnets philosophiques; Échos et reflets; Paroles d’amitié; Paroles d’amour (1889, awarded the Archon-Despérouses prize by the Académie française)
• Translation of Lord Byron's complete works (1891, awarded the Langlois prize by the Académie française)
• Poésies de Daniel Lesueur (1896)
• L’évolution féminine, ses résultats économiques (1905)
• Un foyer du soldat au front. Le foyer du soldat Mary Mather à l’armée du général Humbert (1919)

References

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External links

• Works by Daniel Lesueur at Project Gutenberg