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A Short Biography of Madeleine Scudéry

Author Name:

Madeleine Scudéry

Born As:

Madeleine de Scudéry

Other Names:

Mademoiselle de Scudéry, Sapho

Born:

15 Nov 1607

Died:

2 Jun 1701




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Selected Works:

Ibrahim; ou, L'illustre Bassa, - 1641, published under her brother Georges's name
Artamène; ou, Le grand Cyrus - 1653, published under her brother Georges's name
Les femmes illustres; ou, Les harangues heroiques, collaboration with her brother
Clélie, histoire romaine - published in ten instalments between 1654 and 1660                          
                          
Madeleine de Scudéry received the honor as the only woman in the seventeenth century to be acknowledged by the Academie Français, for her essay Discours sur la gloire.                          
Studied agriculture, medicine, cooking, Spanish and Italian.
Madeleine de Scudéry also had a comprehensive knowledge of ancient history that it is suspected she also received instruction in Greek and Latin.

Madeleine de Scudéry often used her brother's name, Georges de Scudéry, to publish her works.

Writing for money was considered an unworthy occupation for either sex, and in the case of women writers, often led to accusations of immorality and sexual licentiousness.

Madeleine de Scudéry received the unusual honor as the only woman in the seventeenth century to be acknowledged by the Academie Français, for her essay Discours sur la gloire.

Clélie raises critique of marriage as legal ‘slavery’ for women.