Emmanuelle Arsan

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Emmanuelle Arsan (1967)

Emmanuelle Arsan (* 1932 in Bangkok ; actually Marayat Rollet-Andriane , née Bibidh ; † June 2005) was a French writer of Thai origin who became known worldwide as the author of the Emmanuelle novels and the films based on these novels. After her death, her authorship was questioned; in truth, her husband, the diplomat Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane, is said to have been the author.

Life

She was born as Marayat Bibidh in Bangkok. At the age of 16 (according to other sources 20) she married the French UNESCO diplomat Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane.

The first two novels of the Emmanuelle series were published in 1959 and 1960 by Eric Losfeld in Paris . The novels were a great success, although they could not be advertised due to the censorship regulations. In 1967 and 1968 there was an official new edition, which was followed by other volumes in the series and other books by the author. The Emmanuelle films made from the 1970s onwards made the author well known.

As Marayat Andriane , she played a supporting role in the film Gunboat on the Yangtze River (OT: The Sand Pebbles , 1966, with Steve McQueen ). In 1967 she was also featured in an episode of the western television series Big Valley . In 1975 she directed the film adaptation of her own novel Laura (OT: Laure ) and also starred herself.

Questionable authorship

The producer of the film Laura , Ovidio G. Assonitis , claimed in 2007 that the books and film scripts were not written by Marayat Rollet-Andriane, but by her husband Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane ; he also directed Laure . Originally he published the books that were shocking at the time under a pseudonym so as not to endanger his diplomatic career, and later his wife took on the role of Emmanuelle Arsan. Assonitis describes Louis-Jacques Rollet-Andriane as "very intellectual", but also as a "very strange guy"; he is a "sexual manic , but more in a spiritual than in a practical sense."

Works (original editions)

  • Emmanuelle - Eric Losfeld (clandestine edition), 1959, 308 pp.
  • Emmanuelle L'Anti-vierge - Eric Losfeld (clandestine edition), 1960, 356 pp.
  • Emmanuelle Livre 1 - La leçon d'homme - Paris, Eric Losfeld, Le Terrain Vague, 1967, 232 pp.
  • Emmanuelle Livre 2 - L'anti-vierge - Paris, Eric Losfeld, Le Terrain Vague, 1968, 296 pp.
  • Epître à Paul VI (Lettre ouverte au pape, sur la pilule) - Paris, Eric Losfeld, 1968
  • Emmanuelle Livre 3 - Nouvelles de l'érosphère - Paris, Eric Losfeld, Le Terrain Vague, 1969, 215 pp.
  • Bertrand érotiques designs vol. 1- Pistils ou étamines, une liesse promise - Paris, Eric Losfeld, 1969
  • Bertrand érotiques designs vol. 2 - Paris, Eric Losfeld, 1971
  • Mon "Emmanuelle", leur pape, et mon Eros - Paris, Christian Bourgeois, 1974, 219 pp.
  • Emmanuelle Livre 4 - L'hypothèse d'Eros - Paris, Filipacchi, 1974, 287 pp.
  • Emmanuelle Livre 5 - Les enfants d'Emmanuelle - Paris, Opta, 1975, 317 pp.
  • Laure - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1976, 312 pp.
  • Néa - Paris, Opta, 1976, 264 pp.
  • Toute Emmanuelle - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1978, 224 pp.
  • Vanna - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1979, 315 pp.
  • Emmanuelle à Rome - Toulouse, Livre d'Oc, 1979, 280 pp.
  • Une nuit (Sainte louve) - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1983, 352 pp.
  • Les soleils d'Emmanuelle - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1988, 264 pp.
  • Emmanuelle - Paris, Robert Lafond, 1988. Version définitive
  • Les Débuts dans la vie - Paris, Le Grand Livre du mois, 1989, 191 pp.
  • Valadié - Paris, Editions Lignes, 1989, 190 pp.
  • Chargée de mission - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 1991, 201 pp.
  • Bonheur - Les Cahiers de l'Egaré, 1993, 91 pp.
  • Aurélie - Paris, Pierre Belfond, 213 1994, p.
  • La siamoise nue - Paris, Le Cercle, 2003, 552 pp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clovis Goux: Emmanuelle était un homme , Lui magazine n.º 4, February 4, 2014, pp. 128-134.
  2. ↑ Documentary short film Emmanuelle Revealed on the Laure DVD from 2007

Remarks

  1. ↑ the various national libraries do not agree on the year of their birth; 1932, 1938 and 1940 are given, see Emmanuelle Arsan in the VIAF
personal data
SURNAME Arsan, Emmanuelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rollet-Andriane, Marayat (real name); Bibidh, Marayat (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer of Thai origin
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok
DATE OF DEATH June 2005