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Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (French: [amɑ̃tin lysil oʁɔʁ dypɛ̃]; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (French: [ʒɔʁʒ sɑ̃d]), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist.
Jun 27, 2024 · George Sand (born July 1, 1804, Paris, France—died June 8, 1876, Nohant) was a French Romantic writer known primarily for her so-called rustic novels. She was brought up at Nohant, near La Châtre in Berry, the country home of her grandmother.
Feb 25, 2020 · George Sand has been described as a “cigar-toting sexual outlaw”. A French writer who wrote under a pen name, she’s a compelling figure. A cross-dresser, and likely bisexual, she lived on her own terms. George Sand was one of the most popular and respected authors of either gender in Europe.
Jun 8, 2018 · The French novelist George Sand (1804-1876) was the most successful woman writer of her century. Her novels present a large fresco of romantic sentiment and 19th-century life, especially in its more pastoral aspects.
One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in England in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era.
Jul 5, 2024 · Regarded in France and beyond as a central figure of the French Romantic literary movement, Sand engaged with French artistic and literary society widely throughout her active period, conducting multiple affairs with well-known writers and artists and challenging gender norms in her daily life.
George Sand, orig. Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, (born July 1, 1804, Paris, France—died June 8, 1876, Nohant), French writer. During childhood she gained a love of the countryside that would inform most of her works.
