Renée Vivien

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Renée Vivien was an early 20th-century British-born French poet known for her symbolist, sapphic verse and her influential role in lesbian literary circles in Paris.

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Renée Vivien canonical 2
Renee Vivien 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lesbian writer
person
poet
activeIn Belle Époque Paris
linked to: Belle Époque
activeYears c. 1900–1909
alsoKnownAs Renee Vivien
linked to: Renée Vivien

Sappho 1900
birthName Pauline Mary Tarn
burialPlace Passy Cemetery
causeOfDeath complications of alcoholism
pneumonia
citizenship France
United Kingdom
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1877-06-11
dateOfDeath 1909-11-18
gender female
heritage American
British
influenced Natalie Clifford Barney
lesbian literature
influencedBy Charles Baudelaire
Paul Verlaine
Pierre Louÿs
Sappho
knownFor lesbian-themed poetry
role in early 20th-century lesbian literary culture in Paris
sapphic verse
symbolist style
languageOfWork French
literaryGenre poetry
prose poetry
symbolist poetry
memberOf Parisian lesbian literary circles
movement Decadent movement
linked to: Decadentism

Symbolism
notableWork Cendres et poussières
La Vénus des aveugles
Les Kitharèdes
Sapho
Une femme m’apparut
Études et préludes
Évocations
occupation poet
translator
writer
partner Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar
Natalie Clifford Barney
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England

Paddington
placeOfDeath Paris
religion Anglicanism
residence London
linked to: London, England

Paris
sexualOrientation lesbian
theme death
exile
female homoeroticism
lesbian desire
melancholy
sapphic love
translatedAuthor Sappho
translatedFromLanguage Ancient Greek

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Renée hasNotableBearers Renée Vivien
Natalie Clifford Barney partner Renée Vivien
Renée Vivien alsoKnownAs Renee Vivien
linked to: Renée Vivien