Sidonie de la Houssaye
Sidonie de la Houssaye , birth name Hélène Perret , pseudonym, Louise Raymond (born August 17, 1820 in Edgar, † February 18, 1894 ) was an American writer .
She was the daughter of the Creoles Françoise Pain and Ursin Perret and received a bilingual education in English and French at St. John the Baptist Parish . She had eight sons and a daughter with Alexandre Pelletier de la Houssaye.
After her husband died in the Civil War , she worked as a teacher in Franklin .
Works
- Contes d'une grand-mère louisianaise
- Pouponne et Balthazar , 1888
- Les Quarteronnes de La Nouvelle Orléans (tetralogy, Le Méchacébé ):
- Gina la quarteronne
- Dahlia la quarteronne
- Octavia la quarteronne
- Violetta la quarteronne
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| SURNAME | Houssaye, Sidonie de la |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perret, Hélène (maiden name); Raymond, Louise (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edgar, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1894 |