Marie de Romieu

Margaret Harp (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Ed. by Phillip John Usher, New York University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.02: French Writing and Culture in the Renaissance, 1400-1600.
Vol. editors: Robert J. Hudson (Brigham Young University), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), Phillip John Usher (New York University), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born c. 1556
Died c. 1590

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Man/ Woman of Letters
Poet

Resources

Romieu's Works

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Marie de Romieu, today considered a relatively minor French poet of the second half of the sixteenth century, was an active translator and writer who demonstrated a keen interest in the role of women. There is very little biographical information about the author of the

Premières Oeuvres poétiques

(1581). Author of sonnets, epigrams, epitaphs, hymns and eclogues, Romieu has been presumed until quite recently to be but a front for her brother Jacques’ writing. The brother and sister were of noble, but modest, extraction. Coming from a family of bakers near Viviers in the Rhône valley, Jacques, as a lawyer serving in the court of Henri III, provided Marie access to well-known patrons at court. These included Hippolyta Scaravelli and Catherine de Clermont, two learned women known for…

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Citation: Harp, Margaret. "Marie de Romieu". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 February 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13218, accessed 22 November 2024.]