Marie-Anne de Bovet (February 12, 1855 - ?) was a French writer. From 1893 to 1930, she published 35 novels, in addition to other works.
Life and work
She was born in Metz, France. She was the daughter of General Bovet. She married the Marquis de Bois-Hébert but she wrote under her maiden name. Her writing career began in 1889 by publishing travelogues. Her work appeared in several magazines and newspapers in French and English. She was bilingual. As early as 1888, Bovet frequented the salon of Juliette Adam. She wrote literary criticism in La Nouvelle Revue, and traveled to Ireland on behalf of La République Française, a Gambetta newspaper. She wrote for La Vie Parisienne and the feminist newspaper, La Fronde, founded in 1887 by Marguerite Durand. Here, her articles included "Housewife or Harlot" (9 December 1897), where she attacked Maupassant and Proudhon's speeches on women, and "The Eternal Feminine" (22 December 1897), where she rejected the categorization of women. Bovet protested against misogynist prejudice and defended women's intelligence. During the Dreyfus Affair, she wrote for La Libre Parole, a strongly anti-Semitic newspaper. Though she traveled widely, she wrote mainly on Ireland (three books) and Algeria; she also visited Scotland, Greece and Poland. The date and circumstances of her death are unknown, but her last work was written in 1935 when was 80 years old. The Prize Louise Bourbonnaud was established in Paris as a Gold Medal to be given annually to an explorer, French by nationality.
Travelogues
Lettres d’Irlande, Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1889
Trois mois en Irlande, article illustré extrait du Tour du Monde, Hachette, 1891
La Jeune Grèce, Société française d’édition d’art L.-H. May, 1897 - Prix Kastner-Boursault de l'Académie française.
L’Écosse. Souvenirs et impressions de voyage, Hachette, 1898
Cracovie, H. Laurens, Paris, 1910
L’Algérie, E. de Boccard, Paris, 1920 - Prix Montyon de l'Académie française.
Alger-Djelfa, Laghouat-Ghardaïa et l’Heptapole de M’Zab, Imprimerie Algérienne, 1924
De Paris aux dunes du Souf et retour en vingt-et-un jours, Georges Lacan, 1924
Monographie du tapis algérien'', édité par le Gouvernement général de l’Algérie, 1930
Le désert apprivoisé, Randonnées au Sahara'', Nouvelles Éditions Argo, Paris, 1933 - Prix Montyon de l'Académie française.
La Grande Pitié du Sahara, Plon, 1935
Notice sur les tapis algériens et autres industries indigènes, Imprimerie E. Pfister, ?
Novels
Terre d’Emeraude, Ollendorff, 1893
Confessions d’une fille de trente ans, Lemerre, 1895
Roman de femmes, Lemerre, 1896
Confessions conjugales, Lemerre, 1896
Partie du pied gauche, Lemerre, 1897
Parole jurée, Lemerre, 1897
Par orgueil, Lemerre, 1898
Petites rosseries, Lemerre, 1898
Pris sur le vif, Lemerre, 1899
Marionnettes, Lemerre, 1899
Courte folie, Lemerre, 1901
Monsieur Victor, roman publié par Le Monde Moderne, Albert Quantin, Paris, 1901
Maîtresse royale, Lemerre, 1901
La Cadette, Armand Colin, 1901
La Belle Sabine, Lemerre, 1902
Ballons rouges, Lemerre, 1903
Autour de l’étendard, Lemerre, 1904
Ame d’Argile, Lemerre, 1904
Contre l’impossible, Lemerre, 1905
Plus fort que la Vie, Lemerre, 1905
Noces blanches, Lemerre, 1906
Le Beau Fernand, Hachette, 1906 - Prix Montyon de l'Académie française.
La repentie, Lemerre, 1907
Et l’Amour triomphe, Nilsson, 1907
Après le Divorce, Lemerre, 1908
La jolie Princesse, Lemerre, 1908
La folle Passion, Lemerre, 1909
La Dame à l’oreille de velours, Lemerre, 1911
La Terre refleurira, Lemerre, 1913
Le Fils de l’autre, Lemerre, 1914
La Dernière de sa Race, Lemerre, 1924
La Dame d’Antibes, Lemerre, 1927
Veuvage blanc, édition de la Mode nationale, 1930
L’Homme rouge'', Nilsson, date?
Défends ta femme contre la tentation'', Nilsson, date?
