Georges de Peyrebrune [SEP] native language
Georges de Peyrebrune
Mathilde-Marie Georgina Élisabeth de Peyrebrune (also known as, George de Peyrebrune or Georges de Peyrebrune, and Judicis de la Mirandole; pseudonyms Hunedelle, Marco, and Petit Bob; 18 April 1841 – 1917) was a key French proto-feminist Belle Époque writer of popular novels. She was "one of the most widely read women in France", and one of the country's most popular women novelists.
Biography.
Born in Pierrebrune, a hamlet of Sainte-Orse, Dordogne
elected by the readers of "Fémina" to represent "A Female Academy".
Peyrebrune's nom de plume started with "Georges", after George Sand because Peyrebrune held her work in high regard. The writers Camille Delaville and Rachilde were her friends. Peyrebrune married Paul Adrien Numa Eimery, from Chancelade, signing the marriage license "G. Johnston de Peyrebrune"; it was an unhappy marriage and there were no children. She died in poverty and oblivion in Paris in 1917.