Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou Explained

Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
Birth Date:11 May 1909
Birth Place:Fort-de-France
Death Date:1981
Occupation:sculptor, designer, painter and poet

Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou (11 May 1909-1981) was the first female sculptor in Martinique, a storyteller and poet.[1]

Biography

Born in Fort-de-France, she received her artistic education at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1938, she received a bronze medal at the Paris International Exposition of the Salon of the Society of French Artists for her work (The Offering) in the Art Deco style.[2] She married her husband Julien at that time, taking the name Lung-Fou to honor her two grandfathers, one born in Dieppe, the other in Canton, and her mixed-race Martinician grandmothers.[3]

She was the island's first author of Chinese origin, making a name for herself in Creole theatre, with stories and poems also in Creole. In 1969, she published a play entitled French: Trois Bonnes Fortunes, showing a playful sense of humour in three social satires, followed in 1973 by French: Fables créoles transposées et illustrées.[4] This book translates La Fontaine's French tales into Creole, with illustrations by the author.[5]

During an event in 2018 to mark the naming of a library in Les Trois-Îlets in her honour, the author, Raphaël Confiant spoke of her as a precursor of French: Creolité, a person who accepted multiple identities as her own.[6] She is also known as a collector and writer of créole tales who worked to preserve and maintain creole culture, in Carnival,[7] in her own conduct and through storytelling.

In its page about the dedication, the town's site quotes Julien Lung-Fou speaking about her interest in tales:[8]

Her writing is used to teach Martinician Creole; it is a part of the literary history of the language as well as an inspiration to contemporary writers.[9] [10]

Works

Books

1956 French: Dialogue. Revue culturelle chez Madame Julien Lung-Fou.

1950s French: Les recettes de cuisine martiniquaise de Da Elodie[11]

1958 French: Fables créoles[12]

1973 French: Fables créoles transposées et illustrées

1979 French: Le carnaval aux antilles[13]

1980 French: La santé de maman et bébé par les plantes (in collaboration with Renée Beuze)[14]

1977 A preface for René Bonneville's (1871-1902) French: La Vierge cubaine[15]

1980 French: Contes créoles[16]

1980 French: Contes diaboliques[17]

1980 French: Contes animaux, proverbes, titimes ou devinettes[18]

French: Nouvelles fables créoles[19]

Theatre

1969 French: 3 bonnes fortunes : trois comédies en un acte ; three comedies of manners written with Albert Adréa: French: Le crucifix, Le Saint Joseph and French: Pauvres pisseuses.

Poetry

1958 French: Musique noire : (poèmes)[20]

1976 French: Les piments doux : 25 fantaisies de[21]

See also

Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou

A biography written as part of the Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions “The Origin of Others” research programme, in partnership with the Clark Art Institute.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La statuaire publique : revoir l'invisible . https://web.archive.org/web/20211023060531/https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/18695-la-statuaire-publique-revoir-l-invisible.html . 2021-10-23 . 2022-04-05 . Le Quotidien de l'Art . 12 November 2020 . fr.
  2. Web site: Lozère . Christelle . Moïse . Myriam . Caruge . Mickaël . Translated by Caroline Taylor-Bouché . Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325160357/https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/marie-therese-julien-lung-fou/ . 2023-03-25 . 2023-03-26 . AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes . Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions . en-US.
  3. Book: Núñez, Benjamín . Dictionary of Afro-Latin American civilization . 1980 . Greenwood Press . African Bibliographic Center . 0-313-21138-8 . Westport, Conn. . 253 . 5196987.
  4. Book: Chamoiseau, Patrick . Lettres créoles : tracées antillaises et continentales de la littérature : Haïti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, 1635-1975 . 1991 . Hatier . Raphaël Confiant . 2-218-03727-0 . Paris . 104 . fr . 25150616.
  5. Book: Monsters, tricksters, and sacred cows : animal tales and American identities . 1996 . University Press of Virginia . A. James Arnold . 0-8139-1645-3 . Charlottesville . 263 . 33041735.
  6. Web site: 2018-02-09 . Trois-Ilets : nauguration de la Bibliothèque Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou . 2022-04-05 . Montray Kréyol . fr.
  7. Web site: L'Association Carnaval Foyal prépare son "carnaval alternatif" pour début février . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418094158/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/l-association-carnaval-foyal-prepare-son-carnaval-alternatif-pour-debut-fevrier-909236.html . 2021-04-18 . 2022-04-06 . Martinique la 1ère . 8 January 2021 . fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Bibliothèque . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413144807/https://villedestroisilets.com/decouvrir/vie-municipale/bibliotheque/ . 2021-04-13 . 2022-04-09 . Ville des Trois-Ilets . fr.
  9. Web site: Chronique Créole 004: Marie-Thérèse Julien-Lung-Fou – GigaMartinique . https://web.archive.org/web/20220213155556/http://gigamartinique.com/cc004 . 2022-02-13 . 2022-04-06 . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Duranty . Jude . Potomitan - Fantézi . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131130159/https://www.potomitan.info/duranty/fantezi.php . 2020-01-31 . 2022-04-06 . www.potomitan.info.
  11. Book: Julien Lung-Fou, Marie Thérèse . Les recettes de cuisine martiniquaise de Da Elodie . Imp. Antillaise Saint-Paul . Fort-de-France . fr.
  12. Book: Julien-Lung Fou, Marie-Thérèse . Fables créoles . Dialogue . 1958 . 495548653.
  13. Book: Julien-Lung Fou, Marie-Thérèse . Le carnaval aux Antilles . 1979 . Désormeaux . 2-85275-100-3 . Fort-de-France . 11030697.
  14. Book: Beuze, Renée. . La santé de maman et bébé par les plantes . 1980 . Désormeaux . Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou . 2-85275-112-7 . Fort-de-France . 461609481.
  15. Book: Bonneville, René . La Vierge cubaine . Éditions des Horizons caraïbes . 1977 . Morne-Rouge . fr.
  16. Book: Julien Lung-Fou, Marie-Thérèse . Contes créoles . Désormeaux . 1980 . Fort-de-France.
  17. Book: Julien Lung-Fou, M. Th . Contes créoles : contes, légendes, proverbes, devinettes et autres histoires fantastiques : textes en français et en créole . 1980 . Désormeaux . 2-85275-107-0 . Fort-de-France . 17028464.
  18. Book: Julien Lung-Fou, M. Th . Contes créoles : contes, légendes, proverbes, devinettes et autres histoires fantastiques : textes en français et en créole . 1980 . Désormeaux . 2-85275-107-0 . Fort-de-France . 17028464.
  19. Book: Julien-Lung Fou, Marie-Thérèse . Nouvelles fables créoles . 800996647.
  20. Book: Musique noire : (poèmes) . Editions "Dialogue" . 1958 . fr . 469723932.
  21. Book: Julien-Lung Fou, Marie-Thérèse . Les piments doux : 25 fantaisies de . Antillaise Saint-Paul . 1976 . 495548736.

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