Louise Cruppi

Louise Cruppi (1914)

Louise Cruppi , also known by her pseudonym Louise Dartigues (born Amélie Mathilde Louise Crémieux on March 4, 1862 in Le Havre ; died on January 26, 1925 in Paris ), was a French writer and feminist. She was the wife of the politician Jean Cruppi (1855-1933), member of the jury of the Prix Fémina and promoted the composer Maurice Ravel .

Life

Louise Cruppi was the granddaughter of the Jewish Minister of Justice Adolphe Crémieux (1796-1880). In 1882 she married Jean Cruppi. She wrote for the Revue Bleue and La grande revue and ran a literary salon . Her diverse social activities included membership in the Conseil National des Femmes françaises (National Council of French Women). In 1909 Cruppi founded the department for science, arts and literature and took over the management until 1922.

Cruppi had a musical education and was friends with the composer Maurice Ravel. She exchanged over 1,000 letters with the writer Romain Rolland between 1905 and her death in 1925. His estate lists 551 letters from her in the years 1905–1925.

Works

Novels

Avant l'heure. 1905.
La Famille Sanarens. En Languedoc. 1921

Play

Répudiée –In three acts. As Louise Dartigues, 1908.

essay

Les Femmes écrivains aujourd'hui . 1st part: En Suède. Fayard, Paris 1912.
Comment les Anglaises ont conquis le vote .

literature

Cruppi, Louise . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 35 : Supplement: Cambrai – Glis . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1923, Sp. 186 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Yolande Cohen: Le Conseil national des femmes françaises (1901–1939). Ses fondatrices et animatrices juives . In: Archives Juives . Volume 44 (2011) No. 1. pp. 83-105.

Web links

Commons : Louise Cruppi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cruppi, Louise (1862-1925) BNF (entry in catalog, French)
nietzsche-en-france.fr: Louise Cruppi. (French)

Remarks

↑ association-romainrolland.org: INVENTAIRE OF Destinataires DE ROMAIN ROLLAND . (P. 35; French, accessed March 8, 2020)

personal data
SURNAME	Cruppi, Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crémieux, Louise Amélie Mathilde (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French writer and feminist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Le Havre
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1925
Place of death	Paris

[1] ssociation-romainrolland.org: INVENTAIRE OF Destinataires DE ROMAIN ROLLAND . (P. 35; French, accessed March 8, 2020)