Colette Peignot
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Colette Peignot was a French
author
who is most known by the pseudonym Laure, but also wrote under the name Claude Araxe.
She was profoundly affected by the deaths of her father, brothers and uncle during World War I
. As a prominent member of Georges Bataille
's secret society Acéphale
, she had an intense affair with the author, whose Blue of Noon
is based on events in their relationship. Indeed, she is known more as a biographical footnote; a volatile female personality amongst the inter war French avant-garde of literature and politics. Her works were published posthumously against the will of her brother, Charles Peignot, by her nephew, the poet Jérôme Peignot
(who thought of Colette as a “diagonal mother”).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
who is most known by the pseudonym Laure, but also wrote under the name Claude Araxe.
She was profoundly affected by the deaths of her father, brothers and uncle during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. As a prominent member of Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille
Georges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...
's secret society Acéphale
Acéphale
Acéphale designates both a public review created by Georges Bataille and a secret and esoteric society formed by Bataille and some other members who had sworn to keep silence.-Acéphale, the review:Dated 24 June 1936, the first issue was composed of only eight pages...
, she had an intense affair with the author, whose Blue of Noon
Blue of Noon
Blue of Noon is a transgressive novella of erotic fiction written in 1935, and its French author, Georges Bataille was a dedicated anti-fascist, as can be seen from the content of this particular work . Harry Matthews translated it into English in 1978...
is based on events in their relationship. Indeed, she is known more as a biographical footnote; a volatile female personality amongst the inter war French avant-garde of literature and politics. Her works were published posthumously against the will of her brother, Charles Peignot, by her nephew, the poet Jérôme Peignot
Jérôme Peignot
Jérôme Peignot is a French novelist, poet, pamphleteer, and an expert in typography. The author of some thirty books, he was awarded the Prix Sainte-Beuve, took part in publishing the writings of Laure , as well as a major anthology on "Typoésie". He is the grand-son of Georges Peignot,...
(who thought of Colette as a “diagonal mother”).
Works
- Laure: the Collected Writings translated by Jeanine Herman (City LightsCity LightsCity Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of...
, 1995) ISBN 9780872862937