In the summer of 1910, NCB
cultivated a friendship with Remy de Gourmont
, an important French writer and intellectual, by then an old man disfigured by lupus. He fell in love with her, despite...
Literary responses
Natalie Clifford Barney
NCB
sent a copy of Éparpillements to French writer Remy de Gourmont
, who told her that he read it with pleasure: I discovered a noble and delicate spirit (and much else besides) with whom...
Publishing
Natalie Clifford Barney
Remy de Gourmont
published some of NCB
's poems in Mercure de France in 1910.
Wickes, George. The Amazon of Letters: The Life and Loves of Natalie Barney. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1976.
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In 1921 Pound
had two of her poems published in the transatlantic review, with the caption Arranged by...
Reception
Natalie Clifford Barney
In 1912-13, NCB
's fame was bolstered by a series of essays addressed to her by Remy de Gourmont
entitled Lettres à l'Amazone, published in the Paris literary magazine Mercure de France.
Rood, Karen Lane, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 4. Gale Research, 1980.
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Natalie Clifford Barney
In the preface, NCB
comments that she has never written anything that was not inspired by love or intimacy.