What is Marceline Desbordes-Valmore?
{{no sources|date=April 2024}} '''Marceline Desbordes-Valmore''' (20 June 1786 - 23 July 1859) was a French [[poet]] and [[novelist]]. She was born in Dowai. After the [[French Revolution]], her father's business fell apart. She went with her mother to [[Guadeloupe]] looking for [[financial]] help from a far relative. Her mother died there from [[yellow fever]]. She went back to France. At age 16, she began a career on stage in [[Douai]],. In 1817, she married an actor named Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore. In 1819, she produced her first book, ''Élégies et Romances.'' Later, in 1821, she published the narrative ''Veillées des Antilles,'' which includes the novella ''Sarah,'' an addition to the [[genre]] of [[Slavery|slave]] stories in France. {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1786 births]] [[Category:1859 deaths]] [[Category:French novelists]]