Marie-Louise Gagneur

Cecilia Beach (Alfred University)

Ed. by Nigel Harkness, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

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Born 25 May 1832
Died 17 Feb 1902
Activity 1859-1902

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Active in France

Cultural Identities

Feminist

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Primary

Novelist

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Gagneur's Works

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Feminist, freethinker, Fourierist and pacifist, Marie-Louise Gagneur (1832-1902) was a politically engaged novelist and essayist who believed strongly in the transformative power of the written word. Awarded the Legion of Honor in 1901 for her thirty-eight years of public service to the French press, Gagneur was recognized for her numerous essays and novels treating political, economic, moral and philosophical questions.

Born Marie-Louise Mignerot on May 25, 1832 in the Jura, she grew up in a family with progressive ideas. Her mother, Césarine Mignerot, was a disciple of Charles Fourier, utopian socialist philosopher who called for cooperative communities or ‘Phalanstères’. Her father, a wine producer, also championed Fourier’s theories on agricultural cooperation (Wartelle 11).

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Citation: Beach, Cecilia. "Marie-Louise Gagneur". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 May 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13719, accessed 22 November 2024.]