Marie-Catherine d'Onoy ( fr. Marie-Catherine, Madame d'Aulnoy , nee Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, January 14, 1651 , Barnville la Bertran , Normandy - January 13, 1705 , Paris ) - French writer, alone from the authors of the classic French tale.
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| Birth name | Marie-Catherine d'Onoy |
| Aliases | Madame d'Onoy |
| Date of Birth | January 14, 1651 |
| Place of Birth | Barneville la bertrand |
| Date of death | January 13, 1705 (53 years) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| Citizenship |  Kingdom of France |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Content
Biography
Marie-Catherine was born in a noble Norman family. Married (08.03.1666) for Francois de la Motte, Baron d'Onoy, who was older than her for more than 30 years and had a reputation as an amateur to drink and an incorrigible lovelover. In 1669, Marie-Catherine (in collusion with her mother) tried to get rid of her spouse, denouncing him for the crime of insulting the king (for which she was given the death penalty). But, by court order, the baron was released, and the so-called "friends" of his wife were sentenced to beheading for slander. Madame d'Onoy was saved only by unbelievable circumstances - she was able to escape through a secret staircase and hide under a hearse in the church.
For fifteen years, Madame d'Onoy was in forced emigration to Europe . In 1675 she lived in England ; she was able to return to France only 10 years later, thanks to the pardon of Louis XIV for court officials. In 1690, Madame d'Onoy opened her own literary and political salon in Paris (the salon was under suspicion of the police as a possible espionage nest), and also visited the famous literary salon of the Marquise de Lambert . Madame d'Onoy was admitted to the Accademia dei Rikoverati in Padua . She died at her home in Paris in 1705.
Creativity
Marie-Catherine d'Onouille proceeds to publish her works in 1690 : “Notes on the Journey to Spain” ( Relations du voyage en Espagne ), “The History of Hippolyte, Count Douglas” ( Histoire d'Hippolyte, comte de Douglas , 1691 ), “Memoirs of Adventures in the French Courtyard” ( Mémoires des aventures de la cour de France , 1692 ), Comte de Warwick , 1703 , etc.
“The Island of Bliss” ( L'Île de la félicité ) is the first fairy tale published in France. After the success of “The Tales of My Mother Goose” by Charles Perrot in 1697 , Marie-Catherine d'Onoy released 4 volumes of “Fairy Tales” ( Les contes des fées ), continued with the compilation “New Tales or Fashion Fairies” ( Contes nouveaux ou les Fées à la mode ), published respectively in 1697 and 1698, and gave her fame.
Among the most significant tales of Madame d'Onoy are: “Blue Bird” ( Oiseau bleu ), “Beautiful Golden Curls” ( la Belle au cheveux d'or ), “Grace and Derek” ( Gracieuse et Percinet ), “Naughty Prince” ( le Prince lutin ), Forest Fallow Deer ( la Biche au bois ), White Cat ( la Chatte Blanche ), Golden Branch ( le Rameau d'or ), Vostryushka-Zolyanka ( Finette Cendron ), Yellow Dwarf »( Le Nain jaune ),« Beneficent Frog »( la Grenouille bienfaisante ).
Translations
The fairy tales “Cat Princess”, “Blue Crest”, “Royal Sheep” (“Lamb”), “Beauty Golden Curls”, “Green Snake”, “Grace and Derek”, “Blue Bird”, “Babiola” were translated into Russian. ".
In 2015, the collection of fairy tales Madame d'Onoy was published in the respectable series “ Literary monuments ” [2] .
Notes
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
- ↑ D'Onoy Marie Catherine. Cabinet fairies = Cabinet Des Fees / Gister (Letarova) Marina Aleksandrovna. - M .: Ladomir Scientific Publishing Center, Nauka Publishing House, 2015. - 1000 p. - (Literary monuments). - 1200 copies
Links
- Biography of Madame d'Onoy (Fr.)
- Read some tales here:
- Madame d'Aulnoy en Bibliothèque nationale de France - digitized books of Madame d'Onoy from the National Library of France (Fr.)
- Tales that Mom Can Tell (rus.)
- "World of fairy tales" (inaccessible link) (rus.)