Lucie Paul-Margueritte
Lucie Paul-Margueritte was a French-language writer and translator. She was the recipient of the Legion of Honour as well as multiple awards from the Académie Française. She lived and worked with her widowed sister, Ève Paul-Margueritte.
Biography
Lucie Blanche Paul-Margueritte was born 9 January 1886, in Paris. She was the daughter of Paul Margueritte, the niece of Victor Margueritte, and the granddaughter of General Jean Auguste Margueritte. Thanks to her father and her uncle, she became acquainted with Stéphane Mallarmé, Alphonse Daudet, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Louis Bertrand. She was well-traveled, visiting Algeria, Corsica, and Italy.Paul-Margueritte began publishing in magazines at the age of eighteen. After three years of marriage, she divorced and thereafter lived with her widowed sister, Ève Paul-Margueritte. Together, they raised the latter's son, living from their writings. She translated many English novels, including Bram Stoker's Dracula. She served as director of the publication of Scène et monde: périodique illustré, publie des comédies, contes et poèmes tous les mois from 1939 to 1944.
Like her sister, Paul-Margueritte was a member of the first women's gastronomic club, the "Club des belles perdrix".
Lucie Paul-Margueritte died in Paris, 10 May 1955. She is buried along with her sister in the Cimetière d'Auteuil, Paris.
Awards and honors
- Legion of Honour, 1930
- Prix d’Académie, from the Académie Française, 1930
- Prix du concours de la Chanson française for Premier amour, 1934
- Prix Kornmann, Académie Française, 1941
- Prix d’Académie, Académie Française, 1943
- Prix d’Académie, Académie Française, 1944
- Prix Jean-Jacques-Berger, Académie Française, for le guide Auteuil-Passy, 1947
- Prix Georges-Dupau, Académie Française, 1950
- Prix Alice-Louis-Barthou, Académie Française, 1954
Selected works
Books
, 1908 Les Colombes, A. Michel, 1915Le Singe et son violon, 1918- "L'avertissement. Nouvelle", Le Gaulois du dimanche, 14 August 1920Les Confidences libertines, 1922La jeune fille mal élevée, 1922El camino mas largo La lanterne chinoise, 1930Le miroir magique: sur des thèmes chinois, vingt-six poèmes, 1932L'Amant démasqué, 1933Tunisiennes, 1937 Deux frères, deux sœurs, deux époques littéraires, 1951 Auteuil et Passy, 1947 En Algérie: enquêtes et souvenirs, 1948L'Oncle Amiral: contes chinois, ca. 1955
Translations
Les Plans du Bruce-Partington, 1910; from The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, by Conan DoyleLa Chasse à l'homme; from a story by E. Phillips OppenheimLe Second Déluge, 1912 ; from The Second Deluge, by Garrett P. ServissLa Belle aux cheveux d'or, 1912 ; from a story by Alice and Claude AskewSept belles pécheresses: Duchesse de Chateauroux, Duchesse de Kendal, Catherine II de Russie, Duchesse de Kingston, Comtesse de Lamotte, Duchesse de Polignac, Lola Montes, 1913 ; from Seven splendid sinners, by W. R. H. TrowbridgeVers les étoiles, 1914, ; from Stairways to the Stars by Lilian TurnerL'homme de la nuit, 1920 ; from Dracula, by Bram StokerA jolie fille, joli garçon. Le Procès des épingles d'or. Miroir de beauté. Les Amours de Mme Fleur. 1922; adapted from stories by Jingu qiguanLe Lama rouge, et autres contes, 1923, from 60 stories in Yuewei caotang biji, by Ji Yun El camino más largo, 1927; from Le Chemin des écolières, by Albin MichelTs'ing Ngai ou Les plaisirs contrariés: conte chinois ancien adapté des Kin-kou-ki-kouan, 1927; from a story by Jingu qiguanAmour filial, légendes chinoises: les vingt-quatre exemples de piété filiale, 1929; French adaptation of Er shi si xiao Chants berbères du Maroc, 1935; adaptationProverbes kurdes, 1937 La Folle d'amour, confession d'une chinoise du XVIIIe siècle, 1949 ; from a story by Meng li LoArticles
- "Une audience de la reine Marie de Roumanie", 1926
- "En Tunisie", Les Annales coloniales, 1938
- "Dans le Djurjura", Scène et Monde, 1940