Judith Gautier
Judith Gautier was a French poet, translator and historical novelist, the daughter of Théophile Gautier and Ernesta Grisi, sister of the noted singer and ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi.
, 1885
She was married to Catulle Mendès, but soon separated from him, had a brief affair with the composer Richard Wagner during the late summer of 1876. She collaborated with Pierre Loti, the famous novelist, in writing a play, La fille du ciel, translated and produced under their personal supervision at The New Theatre, New York City. She was an Oriental scholar and her works dealt mainly with Chinese and Japanese themes. Her translations were among the earliest to bring Chinese and Japanese poetry to the attention of modern European poets. She was a member of the Académie Goncourt.Works
- Le livre de jade
- Le Dragon Impérial
- L'Usurpateur
- Isoline et La Fleur-Serpent
- La Reine de Bangalore
- Les Princesses d'Amours
- Le Collier des Jours
- Le Paravent: De Soie et D'Or
- L’Avare Chinois, an adaptation of a Yuan zaju Khan thsian-nou by Zheng Tingyu :130
- Mémoires d'un Éléphant Blanc, illustrations by Alphonse Mucha
