Judith Gautier (25 August 1845, Paris – 26 December 1917) was a French poet and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him, had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876; then married Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in 1913, with whom she had collaborated in a play, La fille du ciel (1912; English, "The Daughter of Heaven"), translated and produced under their personal supervision at The New Theatre, New York City. (This is a stitch, so I will leave it in. Gautier did indeed collaborate with Loti on La fille du ciel, but long distance. She most certainly never married Loti, which was certainly to her benefit. Loti was married from 1886 to his death in 1923 to Blanche de la Ferrière, and it was not a happy marriage. Blanche finally gave up on it and moved back to her home town in 1908, though she never bothered to divorce Loti.) She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt (1910–1917|. Among her works are:
Le Japon et la chine dans les oeuvres de Judith Gautier + Poeme de la libellule, Facsimile Reprint of 13 books in 6 volumes, edited by Brigitte Koyama-Richard (ISBN 978-4-86166-037-5) www.aplink.co.jp/synapse/4-86166-037-8.html