Anaïs Ségalas

Anaïs Ségalas (24 September 1811, Paris – 31 August 1893, Paris), born Anne Caroline Ménard, was a French playwright, poet, and novelist. She was a member of the Société La Voix des Femmes in Paris in 1848 and of other Parisian feminist organizations.

Life Anne Caroline Ménard was born on 24 September 1811 in the former 6th arrondissement of Paris. She was the only daughter of Charles Ménard and Anne Bonne Portier, a Creole from Santo Domingo. Her father, Charles Ménard, was a vegetarian, an activist for animal welfare, and a misanthrope. When he died, Ménard was 11 years old. She took the name Anaïs Ségalas and made her husband promise never to oppose her passion for writing. In the mid-1830s, Ségalas collaborated with a Christian newspaper Le Journal des Femmes.

Aged 81, Ségalas wrote her last comedy in 1 act Deux passions which had a world success.

Anaïs Ségalas died on 31 August 1893 in Paris. The last prize was awarded in 1989.

Works

Les Algériennes, poésies, 1831 Les Oiseaux de passage, poésies, 1837 Enfantines, poésies à ma fille, 1844 Poésies, 1844 La Femme, poésies, 1847 Contes du nouveau Palais de Cristal, 1855 Nos bons Parisiens, poésies, 1864 La Semaine de la marquise, 1865 Les Mystères de la maison, 1865 La Dette du cœur, poésies, 1869 La Vie de feu, 1875 Les Mariages dangereux, 1878 Les Rieurs de Paris, 1880 Les Romans du wagon. Le Duel des femmes. Le Bois de la Soufrière. Un roman de famille. Le Figurant, 1884 Le Livre des vacances. L'Oncle d'Amérique et le neveu de France. Zozo, Polyte et Marmichet. Une rencontre sur la neige, 1885 Récits des Antilles. Le Bois de la Soufrière, 1885 Les Deux Fils, 1886 Poésies pour tous, 1886 Le Compagnon invisible, 1888

Theater plays

La Loge de l’Opér, 1847 Le Trembleur, 1849 Les Deux Amoureux de la grand’mère, 1850 Les Absents ont raison, 1852 Les Inconvénients de la sympathie, 1854 Deux passions, 1893