Noëlle Roger

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

Hélène Pittard
BornHélène Dufour
(1874-09-25)September 25, 1874
Geneva, Switzerland
DiedOctober 5, 1953(1953-10-05) (aged 79)
Geneva, Switzerland
Pen nameNoëlle Roger
NationalitySwitzerland
Genrenovel, play, short story, science fiction

Biography

The daughter of Théophile Dufour, a Swiss jurist, and Léonie Bordier, she was born Hélène Dufour in Geneva. Her maternal grandfather was Henri Bordier, 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:

  • La Route de l'Orient (1914)
  • Princesse de Lune, a novel (1929)
  • En Asie Mineure (1930)[1]

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:

  • Le nouveau Déluge (1922)
  • Le nouvel Adam (1924), translated into English as The New Adam (1926)[2]
  • Celui qui voit (1926)
  • Le soleil enseveli (1928)
  • Le nouveau Lazare (1935)

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:

  • L'Enfant cet inconnu (1941)
  • Peau d'éléphant (1943)[1]

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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