Straus, Geneviève, 1849-1926
Variant namesGeneviève Straus was the daughter of Fromental Halévy and Lèonie Rodriguès. She maried the composer George Bizet in 1869; he died in 1875. Their son Jacques was a preparatory school classmate of Marcel Proust. In 1886 she married the lawyer Emile Straus (1884-1929); they held one of the artistic salons in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th century. Proust used her as the basis for his Duchesse of Guermantes in his A la recherche du temps perdu. Through their friendship with Joseph Reinach they became participants in the Dreyfus affair.
From the description of [Scrapbook / Geneviève Straus] [ca. 1880-1920] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 71753000
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| creatorOf | Straus, Geneviève, 1849-1926. [Scrapbook / Geneviève Straus] | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| creatorOf | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. [Letters to Monsieur and Madame Emile Straus] / Émile Zola. | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
| referencedIn | Mina Curtiss collection, ca. 1950-ca. 1958 | The New York Public Library. Music Division. |
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| associatedWith | Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896- | person |
| associatedWith | Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922 | person |
| associatedWith | Reinach, Joseph, 1856-1921. | person |
| associatedWith | Straus, Emile, 1844-1929. | person |
| associatedWith | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. | person |
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Birth 1849-02-26
Death 1926-12-22
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