Anna de Noailles

Anna de Noailles
Anna, Comtesse de Noailles, 1922
BornAnna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan
(1876-11-15)15 November 1876
Paris, France
Died30 April 1933(1933-04-30) (aged 56)
Paris, France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
OccupationNovelist, poet
LanguageFrench
Notable awardsCommander of the Legion of Honour
SpouseMathieu Fernand Frédéric Pascal de Noailles
Children1
ParentsGrégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba
Ralouka Mussurus

Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan; French pronunciation: [ana d(ə) nɔaj]; 15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian, Greek and Bulgarian descent, a poet and a socialist feminist. She was the only female poet of her time in France to receive the highest public recognition, the Grand Prix of the Académie Française.