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Renée Vivien

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born

June 11, 1877 in London, The United Kingdom

died

November 18, 1909

gender

female

genre

Poetry

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Renée Vivien, born Pauline Mary Tarn, was a British poet who wrote in the French language. She took to heart all the mannerisms of Symbolism, as one of the last poets to claim allegiance to the school. Her compositions include sonnets, hendecasyllabic verse, and prose poetry.

Renée's poetry and novels show several sources of inspiration: Natalie Barney, Violet Shilleto, Pierre Louys, and Sappho. Natalie inspired retellings of their relationship through prose and poem. Violet Shilleto, Renée's childhood friend and love who died in 1901, appears in Renée's work through repeated images of violets and the color purple. Pierre Louys's sensual "Songs of Bilitis" and Sappho's evocative poems about women-love influenced Renée's poetic style. Sappho,...more

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Books by Renée Vivien

Average rating: 3.81 · 27 ratings · 4 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Woman Appeared to Me 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Woman of the Wolf and Other Stories by Renée Vivien (author), Karla Jay (Translator), Yvonne M. Klein (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1904 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Muse of the Violets: Poems 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	ETUDES ET PRELUDES, CENDRES ET POUSSIERES, SAPHO 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Cendres Et Poussie&#X300;Res: Poe&#X300;Mes 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1977	My rating:
	At the sweet hour of hand in hand 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	My rating:
	Les Kitharèdes by Renée Vivien, Marie-Jo Bonnet (Preface) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Brumes de Fjords (1902) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Poڳesies Complڲetes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Poèmes De Renée Vivien 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: