Scudéry, Madeleine de

Japanese: スキュデリー（英語表記）Scudéry， Madeleine de

[Born] 1607. Le Havre
[Died] June 2, 1701. A French female writer born in Paris. Sister of G. Scudéry. A star of salons, she left behind novels called "roman à clef" (key novels), which alluded to famous people in high society. Her works "Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus" (10 volumes, 1649-53) and "Clélie" (10 volumes, 54-61), published under her brother's name, were best-sellers of the time, and the "Map of Love" inserted in the latter is particularly famous.

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Scudéry, Georges de

[Born] 1601
[Died] 1667
French poet and dramatist, who published many poems and plays under the patronage of Richelieu, but is best known for his attack on Corneille in Observation sur le Cid (1637).

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Japanese:

[生]1607. ルアーブル
[没]1701.6.2. パリ
フランスの女流作家。 G.スキュデリーの妹。サロンの花形で，「鍵小説」 roman à clefと呼ばれる，社交界の著名な人物を暗示したモデル小説を残した。兄の名で出版した『グラン・シリュス』 Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus (10巻，1649～53) ，『クレリー』 Clélie (10巻，54～61) は，当時のベストセラーとなり，特に後者に挿入された「恋愛地図」は有名。