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Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin

April 10, 2024

Marie Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin (4 April 1902 – 26 December 1969) was a French novelist, poet and journalist. Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic or artistic milieu.

Early life edit

 
The birthplace of Louise de Vilmorin

Born 4 April 1902 in the family château at Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, a suburb southwest of Paris, she was heir to a great French seed company fortune, that of Vilmorin. She was afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark.

Louise was the younger daughter of Philippe de Vilmorin (1872–1917) by his wife Berthe Marie Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan (1876–1937), daughter of Roger de Gaufridy de Dortan (1843–1905) and his wife, Adélaïde de Verdonnet (1853–1918).[1][2]

Her siblings included a sister, Marie "Mapie" Pierre (1901–1972), who married, as her first husband, a cousin, Guy Marie Félix Lévêque de Vilmorin (1896-1984) in 1922 (div. 1932) by whom she had three children.[3] She married again in 1933, Guillaume de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, comte de Toulouse-Lautrec (1902–1955), a relative of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; by him she had further issue a son and a daughter. She became a popular food columnist in French magazines as Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec.[4] In addition, Louise had four brothers: Henry (1903–1961), Olivier (1904–1962), André (1907–1987), and Roger (1905–1980),[5] who was fathered by King Alfonso XIII of Spain.[6]

Career edit

Her most famous novel was Madame de..., published in 1951, which was adapted into the celebrated film The Earrings of Madame de... (1953), directed by Max Ophüls and starring Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux and Vittorio de Sica. Vilmorin's other works included Juliette, La lettre dans un taxi, Les belles amours, Saintes-Unefois, and Intimités. Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published after the death of both correspondents. She was awarded the Renée Vivien prize for women poets in 1949.[7][8]

Francis Poulenc literally sang her praises, considering her an equal to Paul Éluard and Max Jacob, found in her writing "a sort of sensitive impertinence, libertinage, and an appetite which, carried on into song [is] what I tried to express in my extreme youth with Marie Laurencin in Les Biches". (Ivry 1996)

Relationships edit

As a young woman, in 1923, she had been engaged to novelist and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; however, the engagement was called off, even though Saint-Exupéry gave up flying for a while after her family protested such a risky occupation. Vilmorin's first husband was an American real-estate heir, Henry Leigh Hunt (1886–1972), the only son of Leigh S. J. Hunt, a businessman who once owned much of Las Vegas, Nevada by his wife, Jessie Noble.[9] They married in 1925 (1924 according to other sources), moved to Las Vegas, and divorced in the 1930s. They had three daughters:

  • Jessie[10] Leigh Hunt (b. 3 February 1929,[11] Hauts-de-Seine, Neuilly-sur-Seine[12] not 1928 as misreported[13]). She married in 1951 (divorced by 1962) Albert Cabell Bruce Jr. (b. 11 August 1925), only son of Albert Cabell Bruce (nephew of William Cabell Bruce) by his wife, Helen Eccleston Whitridge (granddaughter of Gov. Oden Bowie), by whom she had issue, four sons: Cabell, Leigh, Thomas, and James, all born 1952–1959 in Midland, Texas.[13] She then married Clement Biddle Wood, an editor of The Paris Review, in 1965.[14]
  • Alexandra Leigh Hunt (b. 1 April 1930, Hauts-de-Seine, Neuilly-sur-Seine)[15] married Henry Ridgeley Horsey (b. 18 October 1924, Dover, Delaware, USA). Her children were Henry Ridgely Horsey Jr., Edmond Philip de Vilmorin Horsey, Alexandra Thérèse Leigh-Hunt Horsey, Randall Revell Horsey, Philippa Ridgely Horsey,
  • Helena Leigh Hunt (23 June 1931, Hauts-de-Seine, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 28 December 1995, Southampton Hospital, Long Island, New York, aged 64[16]), a realist still-life painter. She was married (div) to John Tracy Baxter (b. 23 August 1926, Macon, Georgia),[17] with whom according to the New York obituary, she had three daughters, Elizabeth Baxter, Etienne Baxter, and Leigh Baxter (Mrs Warre).

Her second husband was Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd (1890–1968), a much-married Austrian-born Hungarian playboy, who had been second husband to the Hungarian countess better known as Etti Plesch, owner of two Epsom Derby winners. Palffy married Louise as his fifth wife in 1938, but the couple soon divorced.

Vilmorin was the mistress of another of Etti Plesch's husbands, Count [Maria Thomas] Paul Esterházy de Galántha (1901–1964), who left his wife in 1942 for Vilmorin. They never married. For a number of years, she was the mistress of Duff Cooper, British ambassador to France. Louise spent the last years of her life as the companion of the French Cultural Affairs Minister and author André Malraux, calling herself "Marilyn Malraux".

Death and legacy edit

 
Tomb of Louise de Vilmorin in Verrières-le-Buisson.
 
"Square Louise-de-Vilmorin", Verrières-le-Buisson

Louise de Vilmorin died 26 December 1969. She is memorialised in placenames across France, including in Limeil-Brévannes, Mantes-la-Jolie, Draveil, Saint-Pierre-du-Perray, Mennecy and Avrainville.

In popular culture edit

She was a significant character in Antonio Iturbe’s 2017 Spanish language novel A cielo abierto which was translated into English and published in 2021 with the title The Prince of the Skies.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Berthe Marie Mélanie de Gaufridy de Dortan, *1876 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Sold images/Fine cabinet photograph of Alfonso XIII by Arnaldo Fonseca, c. 1907" 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 19thcentury-photography.com; accessed 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Guy Marie Félix Lévêque de Vilmorin, *1896 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Marie-Pierre Adelaide Lévêque de Vilmorin, *1901 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin, *1905 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. ^ Roger de Vilmorin's biological father is identified in Gerard Eyre Nobel, Ena, Spain's English Queen (Constable, 1984), p. 170
  7. ^ de Flers, Claude; Bodin, Thierry (19 November 2014). "Littérature, de la comtesse de Ségur à Marguerite Duras". Femmes, Lettres & Manuscrits autographes [Women, Letters & Autographed Manuscripts] (PDF) (in French). Paris: Etude Ader of Drouot. p. 403. Lettre autographe signée "N.C.B.", Paris 24 mai 1949, [à la poétesse George Day] ... La seule poétesse éligible reste donc Louise de Vilmorin ...
  8. ^ Wagener, Françoise (14 January 2009). Je suis née inconsolable: Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969) [I was born inconsolable: Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969)]. Essais - Documents (in French). Editions Albin Michel. ISBN 9782226196521. Retrieved 10 April 2016. Notons que Natalie Barney appréciait l'œuvre poétique de Louise et lui avait donné le Prix Renée Vivien ...
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Obituary: Jessie Wood, 73, Paris hostess". The New York Times. 15 March 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Henry Leigh-Hunt, *1886 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Familia Herreros-Galan - pafg989 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Tudor 39". William1.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Clement Biddle Wood Jr., 69, Novelist and Paris Review Editor". The New York Times. 5 December 1994. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Alexandra Leigh-Hunt, *1930 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Helena Leigh-Hunt Still-Life Painter, 64" (obituary), The New York Times, 5 January 1996.
  17. ^ "Helena Leigh-Hunt, *1931 – Geneall.net". Geneall.net. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

Bibliography edit

Library resources about
Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin
By Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin
  • Ivry, Benjamin (1996): Francis Poulenc, 20th-Century Composers series. Phaidon Press Limited, ISBN 0-7148-3503-X.
  • Bothorel, Jean (1993): Louise ou la Vie de Louise de Vilmorin, Bernard Grasset, Paris
  • Wagener, Françoise (2008), Je suis née inconsolable: Louise de Vilmorin (1902–1969), Albin Michel, Paris, ISBN 978-2-226-18083-4.

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from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr Louise de Vilmorin see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated fr Louise de Vilmorin to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Marie Louise Leveque de Vilmorin 4 April 1902 26 December 1969 was a French novelist poet and journalist Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales often set in aristocratic or artistic milieu Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Relationships 4 Death and legacy 5 In popular culture 6 See also 7 References 7 1 BibliographyEarly life edit nbsp The birthplace of Louise de VilmorinBorn 4 April 1902 in the family chateau at Verrieres le Buisson Essonne a suburb southwest of Paris she was heir to a great French seed company fortune that of Vilmorin She was afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark Louise was the younger daughter of Philippe de Vilmorin 1872 1917 by his wife Berthe Marie Melanie de Gaufridy de Dortan 1876 1937 daughter of Roger de Gaufridy de Dortan 1843 1905 and his wife Adelaide de Verdonnet 1853 1918 1 2 Her siblings included a sister Marie Mapie Pierre 1901 1972 who married as her first husband a cousin Guy Marie Felix Leveque de Vilmorin 1896 1984 in 1922 div 1932 by whom she had three children 3 She married again in 1933 Guillaume de Toulouse Lautrec Montfa comte de Toulouse Lautrec 1902 1955 a relative of the painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec by him she had further issue a son and a daughter She became a popular food columnist in French magazines as Mapie de Toulouse Lautrec 4 In addition Louise had four brothers Henry 1903 1961 Olivier 1904 1962 Andre 1907 1987 and Roger 1905 1980 5 who was fathered by King Alfonso XIII of Spain 6 Career editHer most famous novel was Madame de published in 1951 which was adapted into the celebrated film The Earrings of Madame de 1953 directed by Max Ophuls and starring Charles Boyer Danielle Darrieux and Vittorio de Sica Vilmorin s other works included Juliette La lettre dans un taxi Les belles amours Saintes Unefois and Intimites Her letters to Jean Cocteau were published after the death of both correspondents She was awarded the Renee Vivien prize for women poets in 1949 7 8 Francis Poulenc literally sang her praises considering her an equal to Paul Eluard and Max Jacob found in her writing a sort of sensitive impertinence libertinage and an appetite which carried on into song is what I tried to express in my extreme youth with Marie Laurencin in Les Biches Ivry 1996 Relationships editAs a young woman in 1923 she had been engaged to novelist and aviator Antoine de Saint Exupery however the engagement was called off even though Saint Exupery gave up flying for a while after her family protested such a risky occupation Vilmorin s first husband was an American real estate heir Henry Leigh Hunt 1886 1972 the only son of Leigh S J Hunt a businessman who once owned much of Las Vegas Nevada by his wife Jessie Noble 9 They married in 1925 1924 according to other sources moved to Las Vegas and divorced in the 1930s They had three daughters Jessie 10 Leigh Hunt b 3 February 1929 11 Hauts de Seine Neuilly sur Seine 12 not 1928 as misreported 13 She married in 1951 divorced by 1962 Albert Cabell Bruce Jr b 11 August 1925 only son of Albert Cabell Bruce nephew of William Cabell Bruce by his wife Helen Eccleston Whitridge granddaughter of Gov Oden Bowie by whom she had issue four sons Cabell Leigh Thomas and James all born 1952 1959 in Midland Texas 13 She then married Clement Biddle Wood an editor of The Paris Review in 1965 14 Alexandra Leigh Hunt b 1 April 1930 Hauts de Seine Neuilly sur Seine 15 married Henry Ridgeley Horsey b 18 October 1924 Dover Delaware USA Her children were Henry Ridgely Horsey Jr Edmond Philip de Vilmorin Horsey Alexandra Therese Leigh Hunt Horsey Randall Revell Horsey Philippa Ridgely Horsey Helena Leigh Hunt 23 June 1931 Hauts de Seine Neuilly sur Seine 28 December 1995 Southampton Hospital Long Island New York aged 64 16 a realist still life painter She was married div to John Tracy Baxter b 23 August 1926 Macon Georgia 17 with whom according to the New York obituary she had three daughters Elizabeth Baxter Etienne Baxter and Leigh Baxter Mrs Warre Her second husband was Count Paul Palffy ab Erdod 1890 1968 a much married Austrian born Hungarian playboy who had been second husband to the Hungarian countess better known as Etti Plesch owner of two Epsom Derby winners Palffy married Louise as his fifth wife in 1938 but the couple soon divorced Vilmorin was the mistress of another of Etti Plesch s husbands Count Maria Thomas Paul Esterhazy de Galantha 1901 1964 who left his wife in 1942 for Vilmorin They never married For a number of years she was the mistress of Duff Cooper British ambassador to France Louise spent the last years of her life as the companion of the French Cultural Affairs Minister and author Andre Malraux calling herself Marilyn Malraux Death and legacy edit nbsp Tomb of Louise de Vilmorin in Verrieres le Buisson nbsp Square Louise de Vilmorin Verrieres le BuissonLouise de Vilmorin died 26 December 1969 She is memorialised in placenames across France including in Limeil Brevannes Mantes la Jolie Draveil Saint Pierre du Perray Mennecy and Avrainville In popular culture editShe was a significant character in Antonio Iturbe s 2017 Spanish language novel A cielo abierto which was translated into English and published in 2021 with the title The Prince of the Skies See also editPhilippe Andre de Vilmorin 1776 1862 Louis de Vilmorin 1816 1860 Le Lit a colonnes 1942 film Julietta 1953 film The Lovers 1958 film 1958 film References edit Berthe Marie Melanie de Gaufridy de Dortan 1876 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Sold images Fine cabinet photograph of Alfonso XIII by Arnaldo Fonseca c 1907 Archived 4 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 19thcentury photography com accessed 11 June 2012 Guy Marie Felix Leveque de Vilmorin 1896 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Marie Pierre Adelaide Leveque de Vilmorin 1901 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Leveque de Vilmorin 1905 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Roger de Vilmorin s biological father is identified in Gerard Eyre Nobel Ena Spain s English Queen Constable 1984 p 170 de Flers Claude Bodin Thierry 19 November 2014 Litterature de la comtesse de Segur a Marguerite Duras Femmes Lettres amp Manuscrits autographes Women Letters amp Autographed Manuscripts PDF in French Paris Etude Ader of Drouot p 403 Lettre autographe signee N C B Paris 24 mai 1949 a la poetesse George Day La seule poetesse eligible reste donc Louise de Vilmorin Wagener Francoise 14 January 2009 Je suis nee inconsolable Louise de Vilmorin 1902 1969 I was born inconsolable Louise de Vilmorin 1902 1969 Essais Documents in French Editions Albin Michel ISBN 9782226196521 Retrieved 10 April 2016 Notons que Natalie Barney appreciait l œuvre poetique de Louise et lui avait donne le Prix Renee Vivien Leigh Smith John Hunt Papers RS 2 3 Special Collections Department Iowa State University Library Archived from the original on 1 May 2012 Retrieved 11 June 2012 Obituary Jessie Wood 73 Paris hostess The New York Times 15 March 2002 Retrieved 20 November 2017 Henry Leigh Hunt 1886 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Familia Herreros Galan pafg989 Generated by Personal Ancestral File Archived from the original on 23 February 2013 Retrieved 11 June 2012 a b Tudor 39 William1 co uk Retrieved 20 November 2017 Clement Biddle Wood Jr 69 Novelist and Paris Review Editor The New York Times 5 December 1994 Retrieved 20 November 2017 Alexandra Leigh Hunt 1930 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Helena Leigh Hunt Still Life Painter 64 obituary The New York Times 5 January 1996 Helena Leigh Hunt 1931 Geneall net Geneall net Retrieved 20 November 2017 Bibliography edit Library resources about Louise Leveque de Vilmorin Resources in your library Resources in other libraries By Louise Leveque de Vilmorin Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Ivry Benjamin 1996 Francis Poulenc 20th Century Composers series Phaidon Press Limited ISBN 0 7148 3503 X Bothorel Jean 1993 Louise ou la Vie de Louise de Vilmorin Bernard Grasset Paris Wagener Francoise 2008 Je suis nee inconsolable Louise de Vilmorin 1902 1969 Albin Michel Paris ISBN 978 2 226 18083 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louise Leveque de Vilmorin amp oldid 1176231595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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