Editing Renée Vivien (section)

== Works ==
=== Published works ===
Vivien wrote exclusively in [[French language|French]]. She published her first collection of poetry,  ''Études et préludes,'' in 1901. She would go on to publish 12 more collections of poetry in her lifetime. Contemporary feminists consider her to be one of the first women to write openly lesbian poetry.<ref name=":2" />

In 1903, Vivien produced a translation of [[Sappho]]'s poetry from the edition of Hentry Thornton Wharton, entitled ''Sapho, traduction nouvelle avec le texte grec'' (''Sapho: A New Translation with the Greek Text'').<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |first=Jacqueline |last=Fabre-Serris |author-link=Jacqueline Fabre-Serris |chapter=Anne Dacier (1681), Renée Vivien (1903): Or What Does it Mean for a Woman to Translate Sappho? |editor1-last=Wyles |editor1-first=Rosie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOYoDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Ren%C3%A9e+Vivien%22+classics |title=Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly |editor2-last=Hall |editor2-first=Edith |editor2-link=Edith Hall |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-872520-6 |language=en}}</ref> <sup>[p. 78]</sup> She learned Greek by taking private lessons with a teacher, Gaetan Baron, because she wanted to read Homer in the original Greek.<ref name=":1" /> <sup>[p. 93]</sup> In 1904, Vivien published her autobiographical novel ''A Woman Appeared to Me.'' In 1976, the novel was translated to English by Jeanette Foster and published by Naiad Press. Naiad also published a translation of Vivien's poetry collection, ''The Muse of Violets,'' in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2017|title=A Crown of Violets by Renée Vivien, translated by Samantha Pious|url=https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2017/12/a-crown-of-violets-by-renee-vivien-translated-by-samantha-pious/|access-date=28 September 2020|website=Lambda Literary|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Naiad Press records|url=https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/collection/data/645691667|access-date=28 September 2020|website=researchworks.oclc.org|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Women and Women 1978/01/08">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=1978-01-08 |title=Women and Women|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1978/01/08/women-and-women/3959a3f5-b3cd-443b-afc2-cd3adc2d5250/|access-date=27 September 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Vivien also published poetry and prose in collaboration with lover, Hélène van Zuylen using the pseudonym, {{ill|Paule Riversdale|fr}}. The true attribution of these works is uncertain, however; some scholars believe they were written solely by Vivien, as well as some other books published under Zuylen's name.
[[File:Vivien - Anne Boleyn, 1909.pdf|thumb|Title page for Vivien's biography of Anne Boleyn, published in 1909]]
During her brief life, Vivien was an extremely prolific poet who came to be known as the "Muse of the Violets", derived from her love of the flower. Her obsession with [[Violet (plant)|violets]] (as well as with the colour violet) was likely a reminder of her beloved childhood friend, Violet Shillito.

She took to heart all the mannerisms of [[Parnassianism]] and of [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]], as one of the last poets to claim allegiance to the school. Her compositions include [[sonnets]], [[hendecasyllabic verse]], and [[prose poetry]].

Virtually all her verse is veiled autobiography written in the French language, most of which has never been translated into English. Her principal published books of verse are ''Cendres et Poussières'' (1902), ''La Vénus des aveugles'' (1903), ''A l'heure des mains jointes'' (1906), ''Flambeaux éteints'' (1907), ''Sillages'' (1908), ''Poèmes en Prose'' (1909), ''Dans un coin de violettes'' (1909), and ''Haillons'' (1910).

Her poetry has earned even greater attention with the contemporary rediscovery of the works of [[Sappho]], bringing with it even more acclaim.

=== List of works ===
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Études et Préludes |title=Études et Préludes |location=Paris |publisher=Alphonse Lemerre |year=1901}}; appearing under the name R. Vivien
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Cendres et Poussières (1902) |title=Cendres et Poussières |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1902}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Évocations (Vivien) |title=Évocations |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1903}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Sapho_(Vivien) |title=Sapho |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1903}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Du Vert au Violet |title=Du Vert au Violet |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1903}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Une Femme m’apparut (1904) |title=Une Femme m'apparut |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1904}}; {{cite wikisource  |title=Une femme m'apparut |wslink=Une femme m’apparut/1905 |edition=nouvelle |year=1905}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=La Dame à la louve |title=La Dame à la louve |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1904}}.
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Les Kitharèdes |title=Les Kitharèdes |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1904}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=La Vénus des Aveugles |title=La Vénus des Aveugles |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1904}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=À l’heure des mains jointes (1906) |title=À l'heure des mains jointes |year=1906}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Flambeaux éteints |title=Flambeaux éteints |publisher=Edward Sansot & C<sup>ie</sup> |year=1907}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Le Christ, Aphrodite et M. Pépin |title=Le Christ, Aphrodite et M. Pépin |publisher=E. Sansot |year=1907}}
*{{cite book |title=Chansons pour mon ombre |publisher=A. Lemerre |publication-place=Paris |year=1907 |id={{OCLC|776850126|902991449}} |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k62745k |language=fr |via=BnF – Site institutionnel |postscript=;}} appearing under Pauline M. Tarn
*{{cite book |title=Plusieurs Proses ironiques et satiriques  |language=fr |year=1907}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=L’Album de Sylvestre |title=L'Album de Sylvestre |publisher=Sansot |year=1908}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Sillages |title=Sillages |publisher=Sansot |year=1908}}
'''Note''': Later books were published published posthumously.
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Poèmes_(Vivien) |title=Poèmes |location=Paris |publisher=Lemerre |year=1909}}
*{{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass--> |title=Anne Boleyn File:Commons-logo.svg|title-link= |language=fr |location=Paris |publisher=[[Alphonse Lemerre]] |year=1909 |type=PDF |via=[[:commons:|Wikimedia Commons]]}}<!--Used unusual syntax for title rather than title-link because the latter could not handle the Commons image-->

*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Poèmes en Prose (Vivien) |title=Poèmes en Prose |publisher=Sansot |year=1909}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Dans un Coin de Violettes |title=Dans un Coin de Violettes |publisher=Sansot |year=1910}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Le Vent des vaisseaux |title=Le Vent des vaisseaux |publisher=Sansot |year=1910}}
*{{cite wikisource |language=fr |wslink=Haillons |title=Hallions |publisher=Sansot |year=1910}}

===Collections===
*{{cite book |last=Vivien |first=Renée |editor-last=Deforges |editor-first=Régine |editor-link=Régine Deforges |others=Illustrated by [[Irina Ionesco]] |title=Femmes sans Tain: Poèmes |trans-title=Women without Tain: Poems ''or'' Two-way Women: Poems|publisher=SECLE |publication-place=Paris |year=1975 |oclc=461535380 |language=fr}}{{efn|''Tain'' in this context refers to [[silvering]]. {{Wiktionary-inline|tain}} contains informative French and English information.}}

=== Works available in English translation ===
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*{{cite book |title=A Crown of Violets |last=Vivien |first=Renée |translator-last=Pious |translator-first=Samantha |publisher=Headmistress Press |publication-place=Sequim, WA |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-692-53691-9 |oclc=953040430 |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=A Woman Appeared to me |year=1982 |last=Vivien |first=Renée |translator-last=Foster |translator-first=Jeannette H. |publisher=Naiad Press |publication-place=Tallahassee, FL |oclc=1036921036 |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=A Woman Appeared to me |year=2019 |last=Vivien |first=Renée |translator-last=Stableford |translator-first=Brian M. |translator-link=Brian M. Stableford |publisher=Snuggly Books |publication-place=UK |oclc=1134528100 |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=At the Sweet Hour of Hand in Hand |last=Vivien |first=Renée |translator-last=Belgrade |translator-first=Sandia |publisher=Naiad Press |publication-place=Weatherby Lake, MO |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-930044-11-4 |oclc=6086492 |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=Faustina and Other Stories |last1=Vivien |first1=Renée |last2=Zuylen de Nyevelt |first2=Hélène de |translator-last=Stableford |translator-first=Brian M. |translator-link=Brian M. Stableford |publisher=Snuggly Book |publication-place=UK |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-943813-85-8 |oclc=1081437683}}
*{{cite book |title=Lilith's Legacy: Prose Poems and Short Stories |last=Vivien |first=Renée |translator-last=Stableford |translator-first=Brian M. |translator-link=Brian M. Stableford |publisher=Snuggly Books |publication-place=UK |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-943813-63-6 |oclc=1054178318 |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=The Muse of the Violets: Poems |last=Vivien |first=Renée |publisher=Naiad Press |publication-place=Bates City, MO |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-930044-07-7 |oclc=568761370 |url=https://archive.org/details/museofviolets00vivi |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive |author-mask=0}}
*{{cite book |title=The Woman of the Wolf and Other Stories |last=Vivien |first=Renee |translator-last=Jay |translator-first=Karla |translator-link=Karla Jay |translator2-last=Klein |translator2-first=Yvonne M. |publisher=Gallic Books |publication-place=London |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-913547-06-6 |oclc=1203946716 |author-mask=0}}