French novelist who wrote under a male pen name, wore men's clothes and had a long relationship with Chopin
Did you know?Born Aurore Dupin, she had a long and famous romantic relationship with the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.
Quick facts
Date of birth1 July 1804
Date of death8 June 1876
Age at death71
Cause of deathBowel obstruction
NationalityFrench
Birthplaceformer 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
Occupationwriter, journalist, salonnière
Editor's Take:
George Sand was one of the most famous writers of 19th-century France. Born Aurore Dupin, she took a male pen name. She wore men's clothes and smoked in public, which caused scandal. Her novels championed women's freedom and rural life. She had a long relationship with Frédéric Chopin. She was friends with Flaubert, Balzac and Delacroix. She wrote dozens of novels and plays.
Key Milestones
1832: Indiana – first novel
1833: Lélia – novel
1838: Chopin – relationship begins
1846: La Mare au Diable – rural novel
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (French:; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (French:), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist.
