Background
The daughter of Catherine Desmedt, a native of Belgium, and She was born in Brussels. Her father, a native of the Lorraine region of France, committed suicide when she was two years old.
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Louis Dubrau
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She was educated at the Sorbonne and the Collège de France in Paris.
Career
She published her first poem in 1934 in the literary magazine Le Thyrse under the name Louis Dubrau. She wrote under a masculine name to avoid any bias of the critics towards women. Dubrau was the name of her father"s mother.
She published the novel Zouzou in 1936, a collection of poems Présences in 1937 and a collection of short stories Louise in 1938.
In 1940, she published a book of aphorisms Amour, délice et orgue. During World World War II, she took part in the resistance against the German occupation and worked for the Red Cross.
She was also president of the Union des femmes de Belgique. In 1950, she published Service de nuit about her experiences during the war.
After the war, she abandoned all political activity.
She travelled extensively, visiting Israel, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States. Her travels inspired the following works:
Ailleurs (poems) (1956)
Louisiana fleur et le turban (stories) (1959)
Les îles du Capricorne (story) (1967)
In 1973, she was admitted to the L’Académie Royale de Langue et de Littérature Françaises de Belgique. She died in Ixelles at the age of 92.
Achievements
Membership
Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique.
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Nationality
Belgium