Marie Cardinal
Marie Cardinal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simone Odette Marie-Thérèse Cardinal 9 March 1929 French Algeria |
| Died | 9 May 2001 (aged 72) Valréas, France |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Genre | Literature |
Marie Cardinal (born Simone Odette Marie-Thérèse Cardinal; 9 March 1929 – 9 May 2001) was a French novelist and occasional actress.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Cardinal was born in French Algeria and was the sister of the film director Pierre Cardinal. She graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne and married the French playwright, actor and director Jean-Pierre Ronfard in 1953.[3] They had three children; Alice, Benoit, and Benedict. From 1953 to 1960, Cardinal taught philosophy at schools in Salonica, Lisbon, Vienna and Montreal.[3]
She published her debut novel, Écoutez la Mer (Listen to the Sea), in 1962. During the 1960s, she wrote three more novels and ventured into film, appearing in Jean-Luc Godard's Deux Ou Trois Choses Que Je Sais D'elle[3] and playing 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 also introduced Cardinal to English-speaking readers,[2] with Pat Goodheart's translation published in the United States in 1983 and in the United Kingdom the following year.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Douglas (17 May 2001). "Marie Cardinal: French writer with an early feminist voice in literature". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ a b McWhorter 1984
- ^ a b c d Johnson 2001
- ^ "Mouchette". IMDb. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Marrone, Claire (Summer 2002), "The Limits of Writing in Marie Cardinal's Amour...amours", Dalhousie French Studies, 59, Dalhousie French Studies, Dalhousie University: 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.
