Marie Cardinal

Marie Cardinal (born Simone Odette Marie-Thérèse Cardinal; 9 March 1929 – 9 May 2001) was a French novelist and occasional actress.[1][2]

Marie Cardinal
BornSimone Odette Marie-Thérèse Cardinal
(1929-03-09)9 March 1929
French Algeria
Died9 May 2001(2001-05-09) (aged 72)
Valréas, France
OccupationNovelist
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
GenreLiterature

Life and career

Cardinal was born in French Algeria and was the sister of the film director Pierre Cardinal. She received a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne and in 1953 married the French playwright, actor and director Jean-Pierre Ronfard.[3] They had three children; Alice, Benoit, and Benedict. From 1953 to 1960 she taught philosophy at schools in Salonica, Lisbon, Vienna and Montreal.[3]

Cardinal published her first novel, Écoutez la Mer (Listen to the Sea), in 1962. During the 1960s she published three more novels and was involved with films as well. In 1967 she had a role in Jean-Luc Godard's film Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais D'elle[3] and played the memorable role of Mouchette's mother in Robert Bresson's film Mouchette.[4]

In 1972 Cardinal published La Clé Sur La Porte (The Key of the Door), followed by Les Mots Pour Le Dire (The Words to Say It) in 1975; these two novels were best sellers and established her reputation.[3] Les Mots Pour Le Dire was the first book by Cardinal to be published in the United States.[2]

Bibliography
  • Écoutez la mer (Listen to the Sea) (1962)
  • La mule de corbillard (1963)
  • La souricière (1965)
  • Cet été-là (1967)
  • La clé sur la porte (The Key of the Door) (1972)
  • Les Mots pour le dire (The Words to Say It) (1975)
  • Autrement dit (1977)
  • Une vie pour deux (1979)
  • Au Pays de mes racines (1980)
  • Le passé empiété (1983)
  • Les grands désordres (1987)
  • Les Pieds-Noirs (1988)
  • Comme si de rien n'était (1990)
  • Peer Gynt d'Henrik Ibsen (theater) (1991) translation
  • Les Troyennes d'Euripide (theater) (1993) translation
  • Les jeudis de Charles et Lula (1994)
  • Amour... Amours... (1998)
  • Oedipe à Colone de Sophocle (theater) (2003) translation

References
  1. Johnson, Douglas (17 May 2001). "Marie Cardinal: French writer with an early feminist voice in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. McWhorter 1984
  3. Johnson 2001
  4. "Mouchette". IMDb. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

Further reading
  • Marrone, Claire (Summer 2002), "The Limits of Writing in Marie Cardinal's Amour...amours", Dalhousie French Studies, Dalhousie French Studies, Dalhousie University, 59: 119–129, JSTOR 40837398
  • McWhorter, Diane (1 January 1984). "Recovering from Insanity". New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2014. A review of The Words to Say It.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.