Renee Vivien
Renee Vivien
Renée Vivien, born Pauline Mary Tarn, was a British poet who wrote in French, in the style of the Symbolistes and the Parnassiens. A high-profile lesbian in the Paris of the Belle Époque, she was as notable for her lifestyle as for her work, which has received more attention following a recent revival of interest in Sapphic verse. Many of her poems are autobiographical, reflecting a life of extreme hedonism, leading to early death. She was the subject of a...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 June 1877
voice heavy perfume
I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices.
love believe way
There are fewer ways of making love than they say, and more than one believes.
mediocre cunning bits
I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.