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Blanche d'Antigny
Blanche d'Antigny (May 9, 1840 – June 30, 1874) was a French singer, actress and courtesan whose fame today rests chiefly on the fact that Émile Zola used her as the principal model for his novel "Nana".
Life.
Blanche d'Antigny was born Marie Ernestine Antigny in Martizay, France. Her father, Jean Antigny, was the sacristan at a local church. At age 14 she ran off to Bucharest with a lover whom she then abandoned for some gypsies. On her return
she had neither horses nor a coach there, she is reported to have answered: "What the hell! I owe Augustine twenty thousand francs, and Justin thirty-five thousand; they wouldn't let me go without them!" She returned from this tour infected with typhoid fever and died. Blanche d'Antigny is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
External links.
- ANTIGNY Marie-Ernestine Blanche d' (1842–1874)