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Juliette Drouet (French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛt dʁuɛ]), born Julienne Josephine Gauvain (French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛn ʒozfin ɡovɛ̃]; 10 April 1806 – 11 May 1883), was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo , to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion.
Juliette Drouet, de son vrai nom Julienne Joséphine Gauvain [1], née le 10 avril 1806 à Fougères et morte le 11 mai 1883 [2], dans le 16e arrondissement de Paris, est une actrice française qui a été la compagne de Victor Hugo pendant près de cinquante ans.
Oct 23, 2020 · Juliette Drouet; The Lonely Life of Hugo’s Devoted Mistress. Carol A. Seidl October 23, 2020 Books, French Culture. Victor Hugo and Juliette Drouet. Two weeks ago, I wrote about a love letter that Victor Hugo wrote to his mistress, Juliette Drouet, shortly after fleeing France to live in exile.
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…a young and beautiful actress, Juliette Drouet, with whom he had begun a liaison in 1833. Juliette had little talent and soon renounced the stage in order to devote herself exclusively to him, becoming the discreet and faithful companion she was to remain until her death in 1883.
Apr 10, 2014 · Juliette Drouet by Charles-Emile-Callande de Champmartin, 1827 Beautiful, highly intelligent but possessed of a fiery temper, Drouet soon became known to Paris as a woman of passion and impulse. In 1833 she met Victor Hugo and abandoned her four year acting career to devote herself full-time to life as his lover and companion.
Thomas Cazentre. La parution d’une nouvelle biographie de Juliette Drouet (1806-1883) offre l’occasion de revenir sur cette figure attachante, qui fut bien plus que la maîtresse officielle de Victor Hugo pendant un demi-siècle. Juliette Drouet en 1832, carte postale d'après une lithographie de Léon Noël. Juliette Drouet, compagne du ...
Sep 10, 2023 · English: Juliette Drouet, born Julienne Gauvain (Fougères, April 10, 1806 - Paris, 1883) was a French actress and a muse first to sculptor James Pradier, who represented her in a statue symbolizing Strasbourg at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, later to Victor Hugo, whom she dedicated the rest of her life.
