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 Marie
Mauron
"MARIE MAURON" was born Marie Antoinette Roumanille on
April 5th 1896 in Saint RÈmy de Provence, into a farming family.
After studying at the Ecole Normale d'Aix-en-Provence, she
became a schoolteacher in Les Baux de Provence. She wrote a chronicle of the
village and sent it to her famous friends (Virginia Wolf, Roger Fry and Foster
Romanier) and that was how her literary career began.
In 1934 the University of Cambridge published "Mount
Peacock", translated into French in 1937 under the title "Mont Paon".
At the same time, a group of artists living in the area of
Saint Remy de Provence was formed. Many of them enjoyed meetings around the
table at the "Mas d'Angirany", including the writers Aragon, E. Charles-Roux,
André Chausson, GÈrard Philippe and Jean Cocteau, the musicians Pablo Casals and
Schneider, the engraver Louis Jou and the painters Seyssaud, Chabaud, Serra and
Baltus.
Everyone listened to her with wonder; she was a born
storyteller, narrating with infinite detail the stories of long ago, passed down
by word of mouth. With a slight accent and musical voice she had no equal when
it came to giving life to a tale.
Her friends illustrated some of her books: Louis Jou, "Sel
de Pierres", and Serra, "Dieu, Ventoux", La Magique Luberon".
A prolific writer, she was nicknamed the ProvenÁal Colette,
and was the author of more than a hundred works, some of which she was rewarded
for with prizes: Prix de l'AcadÈmie for "Les Grandes Heures de Provence", Prix
Fréderic Mistral for "Charloun Rieu" .
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