Ernestine Chassebœuf
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Ernestine Chassebœuf (born in 1910, Botz-en-Mauges
, disappeared in 2005) was a French
letter writer.
. Born in Botz-en-Mauges
, Maine-et-Loire
, she married in 1928 Edmond Chassebœuf, who died in 1970. She stayed most of her life in Coutures
, in Maine-et-Loire
, where she took care of her garden and her chickens.
In 1999, she began to write letters denouncing in a truculent and naive style inefficiencies and inequities. Alain Rémond
and Jean Lebrun enable her to gain a little celebrity. Especially at the occasion of the debate about free lending of books in libraries
, she wrote to all the writers who had signed the petition
demanding the withdrawal of their books in public libraries until an agreement has been found. After this start, she continued to write to people in the economic, political, and literary world or in the media, her common sense and frankness highlighted inconsistencies and mediocrity in the French society.
Botz-en-Mauges
Botz-en-Mauges is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, disappeared in 2005) was a French
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...
letter writer.
Life
Ernestine Chassebœuf spent all her life in AnjouAnjou
Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
. Born in Botz-en-Mauges
Botz-en-Mauges
Botz-en-Mauges is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....
, she married in 1928 Edmond Chassebœuf, who died in 1970. She stayed most of her life in Coutures
Coutures, Maine-et-Loire
Coutures is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, in Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....
, where she took care of her garden and her chickens.
In 1999, she began to write letters denouncing in a truculent and naive style inefficiencies and inequities. Alain Rémond
Alain Rémond
Alain Rémond is a famous French humor columnist, born in 1946 in Mortain .-Biography:Alain Rémond was born into a modest Breton family...
and Jean Lebrun enable her to gain a little celebrity. Especially at the occasion of the debate about free lending of books in libraries
Public library
A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...
, she wrote to all the writers who had signed the petition
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
demanding the withdrawal of their books in public libraries until an agreement has been found. After this start, she continued to write to people in the economic, political, and literary world or in the media, her common sense and frankness highlighted inconsistencies and mediocrity in the French society.
Works
- The wheelbarrow and the two orphans. Letters on the right lending library, Vauchrétien: I. Davy ; Angers : Éd. Deleatur, 2000 Davy; Angers: Ed. 2000
- Ernestine writes everywhere, Volume 1 (1999) Paris, Ginkgo, 2004, ISBN 9782846790154
- Ernestine writes everywhere, Volume 2 Paris, Ginkgo, 2004, ISBN 9782846790215
- Ernestine writes everywhere, Volume 3 (Correspondence 2000-2005), Paris, Ginkgo publisher, 2005. ISBN 9782846790345
See also
- Jean-Pierre BrissetJean-Pierre BrissetJean-Pierre Brisset was a French writer.Born in a family of farmers, Brisset was an outsider writer, much like Henri Rousseau was an outsider artist. He is a saint on the 'Pataphysics calendar. His writings are in publication as of 2004.Brisset was an autodidact...