In the history of letters, Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont as French author (1711–1776).
Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont was born at Rouen in 1711. Her recorded nationality is France.
The eighteenth century built the literary marketplace - periodicals, subscription publishing, and readers who paid.
She worked as journalist, writer and children's writer.
The writing is recorded in French.
Among her best-known works are La Belle et la Bête and Magazin des enfans. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont died in 1776, aged 65. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: La Belle et la Bête
- Notable work: Magazin des enfans
