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Anthologie poétique et romanesque

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Fille d’un prince roumain, héroïne du Paris aristocratique du début du siècle, Anna de Brancovan, comtesse de Noailles, est l’auteur de neuf recueils de vers, de trois romans et de poèmes en prose dont on trouvera ici le meilleur. Sa poésie, très autobiographique, est d’une sensibilité universelle. Elle nous permet de partager son amour de la nature, mais aussi les élans et les tourments d’une femme passionnée, aux enthousiasmes communicatifs. Par la magie d’une langue musicale et racée, Anna de Noailles nous touche au cœur. Son œuvre, éblouissante, est une partie de notre mémoire, de notre vie.

408 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 27, 2013

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Anna de Noailles

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Born Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan in Paris, she was a descendant of the Bibescu and Craioveşti families of Romanian boyars. Her father was Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba, a son of Wallachian Prince Gheorghe Bibesco and Zoe Mavrocordato-Bassaraba de Brancovan. Her Greek mother was the former Ralouka (Rachel) Mussurus, a musician, to whom the Polish composer Ignacy Paderewski dedicated several of his compositions. Via her mother, Anna de Noailles is a great-great-granddaughter of Sophronius of Vratsa, one of the leading figures of the Bulgarian National Revival, through his grandson Stefan Bogoridi, caimacam of Moldavia.

In 1897 she married Mathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal de Noailles (1873–1942), the fourth son of the 7th Duke de Noailles. The couple soon became the toast of Parisian high society. They had one child, a son, Count Anne-Jules de Noailles (1900–1979).

Anna de Noailles wrote three novels, an autobiography, and many collections of poetry. She had friendly relations with the intellectual, literary and artistic elite of the day including Marcel Proust, Francis Jammes, Colette, André Gide, Frédéric Mistral, Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, Paul Valéry, Jean Cocteau, Pierre Loti, Paul Hervieu, and Max Jacob.

So popular was Anna de Noailles that various notable artists of the day painted her portrait, including Antonio de la Gandara, Kees van Dongen, Jacques Émile Blanche, and the British portrait painter Philip de Laszlo. In 1906 her image was sculpted by Auguste Rodin; the clay model can be seen today in the Musée Rodin in Paris, and the finished marble bust is on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum.

She died in 1933 in Paris, aged 56, and was interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. She was a cousin of Prince Antoine Bibesco, Princess Martha Bibescu and Elena Văcărescu.

Anna de Noailles was the first woman to become a Commander of the Legion of Honor, the first woman to be received in the Royal Belgian Academy of French Language and Literature, and she was honored with the "Grand Prix" of the Académie Française in 1921.

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November 17, 2024
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Sa poésie est vraiment incroyable, je kiffe, lisez-la punaise
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68 reviews47 followers
September 23, 2025
J’ai trop lutté, je me résigne.
Quelle circonstance était digne
De tant de souffrances insignes?
Certes les malheurs éclatants
Du corps, de l’âme, sont autant
De témoignages et de signes
Qui parent l’être courageux.

Sache élever au-dessus d’eux
La noblesse d’un col de cygne.
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54 reviews1 follower
January 25, 2025
Je chiale c’était trop incroyable chaque mots chaque rimes chaque petites choses… Je me suis tellement reconnu dans plusieurs de ses poèmes.

Les thèmes super intéressant et important.

Chaque poème avait le pourvoir de me rendre toute triste ou comblé de bonheur car Anne de Noailles décrit les choses tellement bien qu’on ne peut que la comprendre et s’identifier à ses expériences.

Mon poème préféré restera Eva ❤️
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