Marthe Bibesco

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Giovanni Boldini : Portrait of Princess Marthe-Lucile Bibesco de Brancovan, oil on canvas, 1911

Princess Marthe-Lucie Bibesco de Brancovan (born January 28, 1886 in Bucharest , † November 29, 1973 in Paris ) was a French writer .

Life

Martha-Lucia Lahovary was the third child of the Romanian ambassador in Paris Ion Lahovary and his wife, the Greek princess Emma Maurokordatos. She grew up alternately on the family estate in Baloteşti and in fashionable Biarritz on the French Atlantic coast . The upbringing of Martha-Lucia, called Marthe-Lucie in the family , was closely monitored by her parents. She was considered precocious and extremely intelligent. In 1900 Marthe-Lucie, who was only 14 years old, was introduced to Paris society; it was also presented to Crown Prince Ferdinand von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .

In 1902 Marthe-Lucie Lahovary married her third cousin, Prince George III, in Bucharest. Valentin Bibesco (1880–1941), a son of Iorgu Bibesco and Valentine Riquet, Comtesse de-Caraman Chimay. The marriage, which was reportedly unhappy, produced a daughter. In the early years of their marriage, Marthe-Lucie found solace in reading and writing ( pseudonym Lucile Decaux ). The couple later had an open relationship; known are the affairs of Princess Bibesco with the Romanian King Ferdinand I, the Spanish King Alfonso XIII. , Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle .

In the later years Marthe-Lucie cultivated the acquaintance of several artists, including Edith Wharton , Marcel Proust , Jean Cocteau , Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Anatole France , Rainer Maria Rilke , Enid Bagnold , Paul Valéry and Paul Claudel . One of her closest friends was the Abbé Arthur Mugnier ; through him she converted to Catholicism . Princess Marthe-Lucie Bibesco de Brancovan died in her home on Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

Works (selection)

  • Les huit Paradis - Cele opt raiuri (1908)
  • Isvoru, Le Pays de Saules - Izvor, țara sălciilor (1923)
  • Le Perroquet Vert - Papagalul verde (1923)
  • Le destin du lord Thomson of Cardington - Destinul lordului Thomson (1927)
  • Au bal avec M. Proust - La bal cu M. Proust (1928)
  • La Vie d'une amitié… - Viața unei prietenii… (1951–1957)
  • Le Confesseur et les poètes - Confesorul și poeții (1970)
  • Changes avec Paul Claudel - Corespondența cu Paul Claudel (1972)
  • Le perroquet vert - Papagalul verde , 1924
  • Catherine-Paris , 1927
  • Une victime royale, Ferdinand de Roumanie , - O victimă regală, Ferdinand de România 1927,
  • Noblesse de robe , - Noblețea robei 1928
  • Royal portraits , New York, fa, ( Portrete regale )
  • Croisade pour l'anémone - Cruciadă pentru anemonă , 1931
  • Le rire de la Naïade - Rîsul naiadei , 1935 etc.

Awards

literature

  • Christine Sutherland: Enchantress: Marthe Bibesco and Her World , Farrar Straus & Giroux (1997) ISBN 0-374-14814-7 .
  • Ghislain de Diesbach: The Princess Bibesco , Librairie Académique Perrin (1986)
  • Martha Bibescu: Berliner Tagebuch '38 (Ed. Dumitru Hîncu). Lektor Verlag. 2010. ISBN 9783941866003 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martha Bibescu, îndrăgostită de un papagal verde. A fost "iubirea cea mare, unică, pe viață". Fragment exclusiv din volumul “Papagalul verde” , July 30, 2014, Simona Chițan, Adevărul , accessed July 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Traducere: Florica Grecescu, Casa Editorială ODEON, București 1998.
  3. ↑ Catherine-Paris, excepționala marginală , Alina Purcaru, Observator cultural - numărul 700, noiembrie 2013, accesat la 28 January 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Bibesco, Marthe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lahovary, Martha-Lucia; Bibesco de Brancovan, Marthe-Lucie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1973
Place of death Paris