Valentine de Saint-Point

Valentine de Saint-Point (actually Anna Jeanne Valentine Marianne de Desglans Cessiat - vercell; * 1875 in Lyon, † 1953 in Cairo, called also temporarily Rawhiya Nour - ed- Dine) was a French poet of Futurism.

Life

Valentine de Saint-Point -operated initially as a poet and novelist. A major concern of her work is to present a modern image of the woman was - but she refused to feminism chose from. In the 1910s she joined as a woman of the Futurist movement, trying to achieve their goals through the revolutionizing of theater and dance. In 1924 she moved to Egypt, took the name " Rawhiya Nour - ed- Dine" ( = fanatic of the light of faith ) and supported the Muslims in the struggle against European imperialism. She died in 1953 in Cairo.

Works

  • Poèmes de la mer et du soleil, 1905
  • Trilogy de l' Amour et de la Mort, 1906-1911; ( Un Amour, Un Inceste, Une mort )
  • Poèmes d' orgueil, 1908
  • Une femme et le désir, 1910
  • L' Orbe pâle, 1911
  • La SOIF et les mirages, 1912

Manifestos

  • Manifeste de la Femme Futuriste, March 25, 1912
  • Manifestos Futuriste de la Luxure, January 11, 1913
  • Le Théâtre de la Femme, 1913
  • La Métachorie, 1913
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