Renée Vivien
Renée Vivien
Renée Vivien was a British poet who wrote in the French language. A high-profile lesbian writer in Paris during the Belle Époque era, she is widely considered to be one of the first noteworthy lesbian poets of the twentieth century. Her work has recently received more attention due to a revival of interest in Sapphic verse. Many of her poems are autobiographical, pertaining mostly to Baudelarian t
"Im not logical. Im infected with the romantic fever. It began in my teens when I read Baudelaire in secret, in a country boarding school in England from which I slipped away by climbing over the wall. I was fifteen, the same age as Juliet--a Juliet for whom Romeo had no attraction."
Renée Vivien"I was born under an unlucky star. I love France and I am not French. I am English and I cant like England. My father was Scotch, my mother was born in Honolulu. My father, William Tarn, died at the age of forty in 1890. My real name is Pauline Tarn. I changed it to Renée Vivien."
Renée Vivien"What a disgrace to live at the beginning of the 20th century. … One is always influenced by ones own time. And ours is that of Sarah Bernhardt and Rostand. Things will be much better in another ten years. You will see a new art born, new and beautiful. You will see that, but I shall not. I shall be dead. But … Sarah Bernhardt will live forever, and go on playing LAIGLON forever!"
Renée Vivien"Déesse à qui plaît la ruine des roses, Prolonge la nuit !"
Renée Vivien"L’herbe de l’été pâlit sous le soleil. La rose, expirant sous les âpres ravages Des chaleurs, languit vers l’ombre, et le sommeil Coule des feuillages."
Renée Vivien"Just once in my life a man tried to embrace me. It was horrible! He had big boots, a heavy belt, huge gloves. Faugh! Oh, lets not talk about men."
Renée Vivien"[Charles Brun] was so charming that I always write to him as "My dear Charlotte!"
Renée Vivien"She makes me doubt my own sex."
Renée Vivien"Isle of Lesbos (Biography and translations)"
Renée Vivien"Men smell of leather. … The leather of huntsmen, furniture movers, porters."
Renée Vivien"The Renée Vivien Translation Project"
Renée Vivien
