Marie Dauguet (1860–1942)

Marie Dauguet, née Julie Marie Aubert, was born in La Chaudeau Aillevillers, Haute-Saône, France. In 1880, she married Henri Dauguet, with whom she had a daughter. In 1897, she published her first collection of poetry, La naissance du poète (The Birth of the Poet). She contributed poems to several magazines, include Mercure de France, Minerva, La Fronde, and Revue Hebdomadaire. Her 1906 collection Par l'amour (By Love) won an award from the Académie française. She made visits to Paris and attended literary salons, becoming acquainted with other poets such as Gabriel d'Annunzio and Verlaine.