In this space, we pay homage to the women writers throughout the centuries, who have inspired throughout their lives and works, have shaped literature and given form to new visions of the world.
Each month of the year is dedicated to a woman writer born on the first day of that month, symbolically elected as a guide and inspiration for the following weeks.
Through a brief biography and reading suggestions chosen to delve deeper into the work of the writer of the month, the themes dear to her or the historical and cultural context in which she lived, we invite you to discover the female literary heritage and each month to listen to a different but equally powerful voice.
The month of July is dedicated to the French writer George Sand, paseudonym of Aurore Dupin
1st July 1804 – 8th June 1876
On July 1st, the writer Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Francueil was born in Paris. Under the pseudonym of George Sand, she was a prolific author of novels, short stories, plays and texts of various genres, harshly criticized for her ideas contrary to social conventions and male power that she expressed not only in her writings but also through her personality and her way of dressing, considered masculine for the time. She was very active in politics, and as a journalist she wrote articles for several republican newspapers. Among the themes of her novels, in addition to feminist claims, she defends workers and the poor. Some of her successful works are: “Indiana”, “Valentine”, “Lélia”, “André”, “Pauline”, “Little Fadette”, “The Devil’s Pool”.
The Musée de la Vie romantique (Museum of Romantic Life) in Paris houses some objects, paintings and sculptures that belonged to the writer George Sand, while the house where she lived until her death (domaine de George Sand, Nohant-Vic) is a castle with a garden, classified as a historical monument, that can be visited.
Recommended readings of the month:
- Indiana by George Sand
- Collected works of George Sand by George Sand
- The devil’s pool by George Sand
- Lelia by George Sand