Here are excerpts of a very interesting correspondence that dates back to the nineteenth and early twentwieth centuries. Jean-Pierre Frizac, descendent from Édouard Frizac, generously shared these documents with Catherine Perry. You can read the text and view several pictures in this pdf document. […]
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In April 1921, Anna de Noailles read her poem “J’écris pour que le jour…” (L’Ombre des jours, 1902) on radio. France Culture has revived that exceptional moment. […]
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French singer Laurent Reverte draws much of his inspiration from the poetry of Anna de Noailles. Take, for example, “L’Automne,” which records the surprising modernity of the poet’s voice and perspective. She does not grow old, on the contrary, as these songs enable us to hear her in a entirely new way and so to […]
The British poet and performance artist Anthony Howell published the article “Meandering through la Belle Époque” in the online journal The Fortnightly Review (August 2020), where he discusses Anna de Noailles. He has also translated thirteen poems by Noailles into English, translations that he prefers to call “versions.” […]
Study by Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) for his portrait of Anna de Noailles, on auction at Christie’s, Tuesday, May 14, 2019 […]
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“A Taste of Paradise“: Exhibit on Anna de Noailles and Lake Geneva, April 13 – November 3, 2019, daily 2:00 – 6:00 pm.Maison Gribaldiruelle du Nant d’Enfer 74500 Évian-les-BainsFRANCE […]
The 1997 documentary film Anna de Noailles in the collection Un siècle d’écrivains (a century of writers) has become available on YouTube. More information, in French, on le forum des images. […]
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Gallimard is publishing a new biography of Anna de Noailles, by Frédéric Martinez, at the end of October 2018. […]
Maillet, François. “Anna de Noailles et le portrait: Mise en image d’une femme écrivain en début de siècle.” Dir. Claire Barbillon. Mémoire de recherche. Université de Poitiers, 30 June 2017. […]
The Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books Room at the University of Notre Dame, USA, now holds a large collection of books, autographed letters and photographs around Anna de Noailles and other writers in her world. Most works come with an annotated file on location. Here below, a few examples of books in the collection. […]
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