Noëlle Roger

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Hélène Pittard
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BornHélène Dufour
(1874-09-25)25 September 1874
Geneva, Switzerland
Died5 October 1953(1953-10-05) (aged 79)
Geneva, Switzerland
Pen nameNoëlle Roger
NationalitySwiss
Genrenovel, play, short story, science fiction

Noëlle Roger, the pen name of Hélène Pittard (25 September 1874 5 October 1953), was a Swiss author writing in French.

Biography

The daughter of Théophile Dufour  [ fr ], a Swiss jurist, and Léonie Bordier, she was born Hélène Dufour in Geneva. Her maternal grandfather was Henri Bordier  [ fr ], a French historian. In her youth, she showed talent for both poetry and painting, eventually choosing to focus on writing. [1]

Her first novel Larmes d'enfant was published in 1896. Her pen name was derived from the two names of brothers: reversing Léon gave Noëlle and Roger was used as is. She apprenticed as a journalist in London. Then, in 1900, she married the anthropologist Eugène Pittard. Her travels with her husband to various places inspired:

During World War I, she trained as a nurse and looked after wounded French soldiers at a hospital in Lyon. She published some novels inspired by her experiences during the war and then produced a number of works of speculative fiction including:

The family grave at the Cimetiere des Rois in Geneva FamilyGravePittard-CimetiereDesRoisGeneva RomanDeckert09062022.jpg
The family grave at the Cimetière des Rois in Geneva

She also produced biographies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Germaine de Staël and Henry Dunant, as well as plays for the theatre and for radio. [1]

Works for children included:

In 1948, she received a medal from the Académie française for her work. [1]

She died in Geneva at the age of 78. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Papiers Noëlle Roger" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque de Genève.
  2. Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1990). Science-fiction, the Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science-fiction Stories from Earliest Times to the Appearance of the Genre Magazines in 1930 : with Author, Title, and Motif Indexes . Kent State University Press. p.  635. ISBN   0873384164.