About Mireille Havet
Lived 1898 – 1932 (aged 33). Mireille Havet was a French writer, diarist and poet.
Mireille Havet ( 4 October 1898, Médan – 21 March 1932, Crans-Montana, Switzerland) was a French poet, diarist, novelist, and lyricist.
She wrote lyrics for songs composed by John Alden Carpenter and intended for Éva Gauthier. She wrote a novel, Carnaval, published in 1923. She was friends with Jean Cocteau and Colette, who referred to her as "la petite poyétesse".
She was openly lesbian.
Her diary, which she kept from 1913 to 1929, was only found again in 1995, and published in 2003.
On 29 January 2009, a public square was named after her in Paris.
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Who was Mireille Havet?
French writer (1898-1932)
When was Mireille Havet born?
Mireille Havet was born on 4 October 1898 in Médan.
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Mireille Havet died on 21 March 1932 in Crans-Montana.
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Mireille Havet was a writer, diarist and poet.
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Mireille Havet was French.
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