George Sand
1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876
George Sand (1804-1876), the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a French novelist and memoirist and one of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime. Famous for her rustic novels, her male attire, and her independence, she was also known for her relationships with Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset.
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Life events
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born in Paris and raised largely by her grandmother at the family estate of Nohant in Berry.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAurore Dupin married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children, Maurice and Solange.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe left Nohant for Paris to pursue a literary career, entering the city's journalistic and bohemian circles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer first solo novel, Indiana, a critique of the constraints of marriage, was an immediate success and established the pseudonym George Sand.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSand won a legal separation from her husband, retaining custody of her children and control of the Nohant estate.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSand began a nine-year liaison with the composer Frédéric Chopin, including a difficult winter spent together in Majorca in 1838-39.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLa Mare au Diable inaugurated the celebrated series of pastoral novels set in her native Berry countryside.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSand published her multi-volume autobiography, Story of My Life, one of the major memoirs of the nineteenth century.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGeorge Sand died at her estate of Nohant in central France at the age of 71.
Source: en.wikipedia.org