Solange Dudevant (13 September 1828 – 17 March 1899) was a French writer and novelist and the daughter of

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balz ...

Biography

Solange Dudevant was born to author

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on 13 September 1828. She was Sand's second child. Although Sand was married to

Casimir Dudevant François Casimir Dudevant (6 July 1795 – 8 March 1871) was the illegitimate son of Baron Jean-François Dudevant (1754–1826), a French military officer, and his mistress Augustine Soulé. On 10 December 1822, Dudevant married Aurore Dupin, ...

at the time, Solange's father was rumored to be Stéphane de Grandsagne. Dudevant was tutored by the writer

Louise Crombach Louise Crombach (or Crombak) was born on in Lons-le-Saunier and died on in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, 20th arrondissement of Paris. She was a French Dressmaker, seamstress, prison inspector, writer and Feminism, feminist. In 1845, she w ...

. In 1846 Solange became engaged to Fernand de Preaulx. But in 1847, she married the sculptor

Auguste Clésinger Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger (22 October 1814 – 5 January 1883) was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter. Life Auguste Clésinger was born in Besançon, in the Doubs department of France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a scu ...

, whom she met while posing for a bust. Solange was 19; the sculptor 32. The couple had a daughter, Jeanne, in 1848, but the child died a week after birth. A second daughter, also named Jeanne, was born in 1849. Nicknamed Nini, that child died in 1855 of

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. Cate, Curtis. ''George Sand: A Biography''. New York: Avon, 1975. Print. Under the name Solange Clésinger-Sand, she published her first novel, ''Jacques Bruneau'', in 1870. Her second book, ''Carl Robert'', was published in 1887. She died on 17 March 1899, at her home in Paris, and is buried in a private cemetery in

Nohant-Vic Nohant-Vic () is a commune in the Indre department in central France. It is located near La Châtre, on the D943, approximately southeast of Châteauroux and consists of two villages, Vic and Nohant, extended along the road. Geography The c ...

Works

*''Jacques Bruneau'', 1870 *''Carl Robert'', 1887

References

1828 births 1899 deaths 19th-century French novelists 19th-century French women writers French women novelists People from Indre {{France-novelist-19thC-stub