Remy de Gourmont | Anna Timora Archive

Remy de Gourmont, portrait reproduced in Six French Poets, published by 1915; Wikimedia Commons, public domain · Image record ↗

Remy de Gourmont was a writer and critic whose correspondence with Natalie survives. Their exchange provides a more direct way to examine their intellectual connection than later legend alone.

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The writer and the Amazon

Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915), a French writer and critic, gave Natalie Clifford Barney the sobriquet “the Amazon.” Their literary correspondence is described in the official finding aid for Barney’s papers. He belongs in the network as a writer and correspondent, not as a presumed romantic partner.

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French writer and critic / 1858–1915

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Connections in the archive

Natalie Clifford Barney — literary. Barney and de Gourmont corresponded about literature. His letters and her papers are described in the Jacques Doucet archival inventory. Evidence: Research lead / not yet verified Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗ 6 archival assertions consolidated for display

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