Marie Gasquet was born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône in 1872.

[1] Her father, Marius Girard, was a Provençal poet.

[2] She moved to Paris where she worked for Flammarion and became a successful novelist.

[1] She was married to Joachim Gasquet, a friend of Paul Cézanne's.

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