Rachilde

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Rachilde was the nom de plume of Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, a French author who was born February 11, 1860 in Périgueux, Périgord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire and died in April 4, 1953.

She is considered to be a pioneer of anti-realistic drama and a participant in the Decadent movement.

Her significant works include:

• 1884, Monsieur Vénus (Paris: Flammarion, 1977)
• 1885, Nono (Paris: Mercure de France, 1997)
• 1887, La Marquise de Sade (Paris: Mercure de France, 1981)
• 1893, L'animale (Paris: Mercure de France, 1993)
• 1899, La tour d'amour (Paris: Mercure de France, 1994)
• 1900, La Jongleuse (Paris: Des femmes, 1982)
• 1934, Mon étrange plaisir (Paris: Éditions Joëlle Losfeld, 1993)

See Diana Holmes (2001), Rachilde: Decadence, Gender and the Woman Writer (Berg),http://www.bergpublishers.com/uk/book_page.asp?BKTitle=Rachilde

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